Podcasts
Law Report

Law Report

ABC Australia 933 - 04 | Asked to be an executor? What you're really signing up for

From courtroom dramas to miscarriages of justice, to how the law affects you — and so much more. The Law Report is your accessible guide to the big legal stories unfolding in Australia and across the world.

Volume

00:00

No episode description available.

Published 14 Aug 2026

Duration

Episodes

933-

04 | Asked to be an executor? What you're really signing up for

Listened

14 Aug 2026

932-

03 | He worked the farm for decades and got nothing

Listened

14 Aug 2026

931-

02 | The will written on a frozen fish packet

Listened

14 Aug 2026

930-

01 | Can a stranger inherit everything you own?

Listened

14 Aug 2026

929-

Alan Jones on trial

Listened

11 Aug 2026

928-

How should the law respond to cults and groups that coerce and control?

Listened

04 Aug 2026

927-

The legacy of William Ah Ket, Australia's first lawyer of Chinese descent

Listened

28 Jul 2026

926-

Fifty years of 'no-fault' divorce in Australia

Listened

21 Jul 2026

925-

The dilemmas of parole board decision making

Listened

14 Jul 2026

924-

New employment law pathway to hear sexual harassment complaints

Listened

07 Jul 2026

923-

Who should pay when prison guards or police officers cause injury?

Listened

30 Jun 2026

922-

Why a UK court upheld the Palestine Action terror ban

Listened

23 Jun 2026

921-

Should a complainant's counselling records be used in a sexual assault trial?

Listened

16 Jun 2026

920-

Is there a place for AI in boardrooms and the courts?

Listened

09 Jun 2026

919-

A bushfire starts on your property and spreads to your neighbours - are you liable for their losses?

Listened

02 Jun 2026

918-

Trump's war on journalists: libel or lawfare?

Listened

26 May 2026

917-

America's Erin Patterson? The Kouri Richins poisoning case

Listened

19 May 2026

916-

Does EMDR therapy taint a witness's recollection?

Listened

12 May 2026

915-

What does an election look like when there are no financial ground rules?

Listened

05 May 2026

914-

Scam victims want compensation as HSBC settles ASIC action

Listened

28 Apr 2026

913-

Why was Ben Roberts-Smith granted bail on war crimes charges?

Listened

21 Apr 2026

912-

Euthanasia: How Australia's approach compares to other countries

Listened

14 Apr 2026

911-

A cultural approach to reducing Indigenous reoffending

Listened

07 Apr 2026

910-

How accurate is facial recognition software?

Listened

31 Mar 2026

909-

High Court says government can't use ankle bracelets, curfews to monitor former immigration detainees

Listened

24 Mar 2026

908-

Are suppression orders out of control in Victoria?

Listened

17 Mar 2026

907-

Should an offender's disadvantage have an impact on their sentence?

Listened

10 Mar 2026

906-

Law Report Special: Star Casino executive directors breached their obligations under the Corporations Act

Listened

05 Mar 2026

905-

Claims chasers in natural disaster zones

Listened

03 Mar 2026

904-

Fifty years of 'no-fault' divorce in Australia

Listened

24 Feb 2026

903-

Is the right to protest being undermined in Australia?

Listened

17 Feb 2026

902-

British AG Richard Hermer on Gaza, Israel, Greenland, and upholding the rule of law; Political donations buy access

Listened

10 Feb 2026

901-

How useful is AI in creating better legal outcomes and processes?

Listened

03 Feb 2026

900-

What's in Australia's new hate crime and gun control laws?

Listened

27 Jan 2026

899-

When a natural disaster strikes, what are your legal rights?

Listened

20 Jan 2026

898-

Defining death: ALRC examines laws around human tissue and organs

Listened

13 Jan 2026

897-

Race, language and the Law

Listened

06 Jan 2026

896-

How art is transforming the lives of First Nations prisoners

Listened

30 Dec 2025

895-

"What's in your drugs?": Pill testing at music events

Listened

23 Dec 2025

894-

Dezi Freeman and the sovereign citizens movement

Listened

16 Dec 2025

893-

What does Victoria's historic treaty mean for First Peoples?

Listened

09 Dec 2025

892-

US lawsuits allege ChatGPT encouraged suicides, harmed users' mental health

Listened

02 Dec 2025

891-

Countdown to Australia's social media ban

Listened

25 Nov 2025

890-

How legally tight are prenuptial agreements?

Listened

18 Nov 2025

889-

Whitlam dismissal 50 years on

Listened

11 Nov 2025

888-

Fifty years of the Australian Law Reform Commission

Listened

04 Nov 2025

887-

Do we have a right to free speech in Australia?

Listened

28 Oct 2025

886-

FOI reform and government transparency; Prosecuting the spread of deepfakes online

Listened

21 Oct 2025

885-

High Court lets police access evidence from encrypted app used in global raids

Listened

14 Oct 2025

884-

If a self-driving car crashes, who is liable?

Listened

07 Oct 2025

More Government podcasts

See all

TRUMP100

The Rest Is Politics: US

Deadline: White House

NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas

2 Worlds Collide Podcast

The Rest Is Politics: Leading

दिनभर: पूरा दिन,पूरी ख़बर (Dinbhar)

The Beat with Ari Melber

International Government podcasts

Atmósfera romántica

K&L Gates Healthcare Triage

Best of Kfm Mornings with Darren, Sherlin & Sibs

Relatos de Guerra