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Singing to the sea Dec 13, 2022

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The Federal Court has confirmed native title over more than 40,000 square kilometres of sea country in the Torres Strait region. For the first time the claim brings together Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians to achieve joint native title outcomes.

BAD NEIGHBOURS S1 E4 | overshadowing solar panels Dec 08, 2022

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In the final part of a special for the Law Report we dig through recent cases with legal experts to find out what you can do when the neighbours want to build up and block the sunlight from hitting solar panels on your roof.

Data breaches and the Privacy Act; what are your rights when it comes to your home's access to sunlight? Dec 06, 2022

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Medibank is the second high-profile company to be investigated by the Commonwealth privacy regulator over large-scale data breaches in recent months. Where does the government's legislative response fit within the broader review of the Privacy Act? And in the final part of a special for The Law Report, we dig through recent cases with legal experts to find out your right when the neighbour plans to build up and block the sunlight from hitting solar panels on your home.

BAD NEIGHBOURS S1 E3 | Pesky pets Dec 01, 2022

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When you are fighting with your neighbour over things like noise, trees or pets, whose side is the law on?

In the third of a four-part special for the Law Report we dig through recent cases with legal experts to find out your rights when it comes to keeping pets in apartments.

Youth in detention; what are your rights when it comes to pets in apartments? Nov 29, 2022

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Five years on, has the NT royal commission into youth detention achieved what it set out to do? Why do some children commit crime? Research reveals calls for more government support for Indigenous kinship carers in WA. Also, when you are fighting with your neighbour over things like noise, trees or pets, whose side is the law on? In the third part of a special for The Law Report, we dig through recent cases with legal experts to find out your rights when it comes to keeping pets in apartments.

BAD NEIGHBOURS S1 E2 | Troublesome trees Nov 24, 2022

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When you are fighting with your neighbour over things like noise, trees or pets, whose side is the law on?

Big banks settle insurance class actions; what are your rights in neighbour disputes over trees? Nov 22, 2022

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Hundreds of thousands of customers could be eligible to claim compensation after three of Australia's biggest banks – the Commonwealth Bank, ANZ and Westpac – settled class actions worth $126m over the sale of 'junk' insurance policies. Also, when you are fighting with your neighbour over things like noise, trees or pets, whose side is the law on? In the second of a four-part special for The Law Report, we dig through some recent cases with legal experts to find out who's in the right when a neighbour's tree is damaging your property.

BAD NEIGHBOURS S1 E1 | Noisy neighbours Nov 16, 2022

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We dig through recent cases with legal experts to find out when it comes to noisy neighbours who are in the right.

NSW coronial reform; what are your rights when it comes to noisy neighbours? Nov 15, 2022

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The New South Wales government has offered a lukewarm response to a parliamentary committee report that calls for an overhaul of the state's coronial system. And, when you are fighting with your neighbour over things like noise, trees or pets, whose side is the law on?

Inside Thomas Embling Hospital, a forensic health facility Nov 08, 2022

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For the first time a journalist is allowed to record in the Thomas Embling Hospital, Melbourne's forensic healthcare facility. Meet therapists, the psychiatrist in charge and some of the patients who have committed a serious crime but are deemed not responsible for their actions due to mental illness. This episode first aired in March 2021.

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