On this first episode of Law The Podcast, we talk to Abi Rajkumar about being a criminal lawyer in the Northern Territory and the challenges they face in dealing with government and chronic Indigenous deprivation. We also explore the criminal justice consequences that stem from these issues.

Hosts: Lex Lasry AM and Greg Barns SC

Guest: Abi Rajkumar 

Editor: Michael Tankard

Produced by: Bravecasting Media

Original music by Justin Humphries - Phoenix Sound Studios

Email the show at lawthepodcast@gmail.com

On this first episode of Law The Podcast, we talk to Abi Rajkumar about being a criminal lawyer in the Northern Territory and the challenges they face in dealing with government and chronic Indigenous deprivation. We also explore the criminal justice consequences that stem from these issues.
Hosts: Lex Lasry AM and Greg Barns SC
Guest:&nbsp;<a href="https://clant.org.au/">Abi Rajkumar&nbsp;</a>
Editor:&nbsp;Michael Tankard
Produced by: Bravecasting Media
Original music&nbsp;by <a href="https://www.phoenixsoundstudios.com/" data-ved="2ahUKEwizxuK8v_WVAxX6slYBHcWcHLIQFnoECB8QAQ">Justin Humphries - Phoenix Sound Studios</a>
Email the show at lawthepodcast@gmail.com

Law The Podcast gives you access to the minds behind some of Australia's most significant legal cases and justice debates. Hosted by two of Australia's most respected legal minds, former Supreme Court judge Lex Lasry AM and leading barrister Greg Barns SC, the podcast goes beyond the headlines to explore crime, courts, politics, human rights and the legal stories shaping Australia and the world. Drawing on decades at the highest levels of the legal profession, Lex and Greg unpack the cases that shaped our past, the issues defining our present, and the debates that will influence the future of law and justice.

Law The Podcast gives you access to the minds behind some of Australia's most significant legal cases and justice debates. Hosted by two of Australia's most respected legal minds, former Supreme Court judge Lex Lasry AM and leading barrister Greg Barns SC, the podcast goes beyond the headlines to explore crime, courts, politics, human rights and the legal stories shaping Australia and the world. Drawing on decades at the highest levels of the legal profession, Lex and Greg unpack the cases that shaped our past, the issues defining our present, and the debates that will influence the future of law and justice.

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Child Protection in the Northern Territory

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are advised that this episode contains references to people who have passed away.

Barrister and author Andrew Boe joins Lex to reflect on his career, the shortcomings of Australia's justice system and his involvement in the case of Kumanjayi Walker.

Boe is also executive producer of 2.6 Seconds: Death in the Outback, now streaming on SBS On Demand.

You can watch our episodes on Youtube here.

Host: Lex Lasry AM

Guest: Andrew Boe

Editor: Michael Tankard

Produced by: Bravecasting Media

Original music by Justin Humphries - Phoenix Sound Studios

Email the show at lawthepodcast@gmail.com

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are advised that this episode contains references to people who have passed away.
Barrister and author Andrew Boe joins Lex to reflect on his career, the shortcomings of Australia's justice system and his involvement in the case of Kumanjayi Walker.
Boe is also executive producer of 2.6 Seconds: Death in the Outback, now streaming on SBS On Demand.
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@LawThePodcast">You can watch our episodes on Youtube here.</a>
Host: Lex Lasry AM
Guest: Andrew Boe
Editor:&nbsp;Michael Tankard
Produced by: Bravecasting Media
Original music&nbsp;by <a href="https://www.phoenixsoundstudios.com/" data-ved="2ahUKEwizxuK8v_WVAxX6slYBHcWcHLIQFnoECB8QAQ">Justin Humphries - Phoenix Sound Studios</a>
Email the show at lawthepodcast@gmail.com

Andrew Boe: The Death of Kumanjayi Walker and the Search for Justice

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Former Victorian Ombudsman Deborah Glass OBE joins Lex and Greg to reflect on her landmark investigations, the growing politicisation of government and why Australia's prison system is failing.

You can watch our episodes on Youtube here.

Hosts: Lex Lasry AM and Greg Barns SC

Guest: Deborah Glass OBE

Editor: Michael Tankard

Produced by: Bravecasting Media

Original music by Justin Humphries - Phoenix Sound Studios

Email the show at lawthepodcast@gmail.com

Former Victorian Ombudsman Deborah Glass OBE joins Lex and Greg to reflect on her landmark investigations, the growing politicisation of government and why Australia's prison system is failing.
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@LawThePodcast">You can watch our episodes on Youtube here.</a>
Hosts: Lex Lasry AM and Greg Barns SC
Guest: Deborah Glass OBE
Editor:&nbsp;Michael Tankard
Produced by: Bravecasting Media
Original music&nbsp;by <a href="https://www.phoenixsoundstudios.com/" data-ved="2ahUKEwizxuK8v_WVAxX6slYBHcWcHLIQFnoECB8QAQ">Justin Humphries - Phoenix Sound Studios</a>
Email the show at lawthepodcast@gmail.com

Deborah Glass: Former Victorian Ombudsman Holding Power to Account

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Professor Abbe Smith joins us from Washington, D.C. to discuss the state of the American justice system under Donald Trump, the independence of the judiciary and what's at stake in the upcoming US midterm elections. We also explore her decades of work as a criminal defence lawyer and the case for prison reform.

You can watch our episodes on Youtube here.

Hosts: Lex Lasry AM and Greg Barns SC

Guest: Professor Abbe Smith

Editor: Michael Tankard

Produced by: Bravecasting Media

Original music by Justin Humphries - Phoenix Sound Studios

Email the show at lawthepodcast@gmail.com

Professor Abbe Smith joins us from Washington, D.C. to discuss the state of the American justice system under Donald Trump, the independence of the judiciary and what's at stake in the upcoming US midterm elections. We also explore her decades of work as a criminal defence lawyer and the case for prison reform.
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@LawThePodcast">You can watch our episodes on Youtube here.</a>
Hosts: Lex Lasry AM and Greg Barns SC
Guest:&nbsp;Professor Abbe Smith
Editor:&nbsp;Michael Tankard
Produced by: Bravecasting Media
Original music&nbsp;by <a href="https://www.phoenixsoundstudios.com/" data-ved="2ahUKEwizxuK8v_WVAxX6slYBHcWcHLIQFnoECB8QAQ">Justin Humphries - Phoenix Sound Studios</a>
Email the show at lawthepodcast@gmail.com

The US Midterms and the Future of American Justice

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Child Protection in the Northern Territory

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