Court in the Act Podcast
1) Reynolds v Higgins: High stakes in defamation case
On August 2, the Linda Reynolds and Brittany Higgins defamation trial will begin in WA’s Supreme Court. Senator Reynolds is suing Higgins over a series of social media posts she claims were part of a ...Show More
2) Prima Facie: Shifting narratives around consent in the courtroom
How’s about this for a guest list? The Chief Justice of Western Australia. The Attorney General of Western Australia. The former DPP of Western Australia, turned Supreme Court judge. Two of the rich...Show More
3) Disturbing case of gunshot death: The truth about Amy
A decade since Amy Wensley’s suspicious death, her family are no closer to answers. The mother of two little girls was found in her bedroom with a fatal gunshot wound to the head. Despite first respo...Show More
4) A survivor of one of Perth’s worst paedophile priests speaks
Thirty years ago this coming weekend, The Sunday Times fully exposed paedophile priest Reverend Michael Roderick Painter for the first time. Painter had been an Anglican priest in Perth and beyond si...Show More
5) Tragic clues; Giving the dead their day in court.
Who, how and why. Put brutally, those are the three questions a coroner has to answer when investigating a death. Seemingly simple questions. But sometimes so hard to answer. Sometimes impossible...Show More
6) Floreat killer exposes tragic shortcomings in domestic violence scourge.
On a quiet and idyllic street in the leafy suburb of Floreat, in Western Australia, the actions of a man intent on revenge, sent shockwaves throughout the small community and beyond. Mark Bombara had...Show More
7) Eerie echos of ‘Baby Reindeer’ stalker
Serial stalker Kobi Jane Langshaw, whose obsessive contact with two men had chilling similarities with the Netflix smash-hit Baby Reindeer, has been banned for life from ever contacting her latest vic...Show More
8) Sniper's extraordinary court appearance
In December 2020 one WA’s most fearsome bikie heavyweights was assassinated in front of hundreds of people at the Kwinana Motorplex, sparking an unprecedented response from both police and politicians...Show More
9) Why Donald Trump will NEVER go to jail
This month, Donald J Trump became the first president, present or former, to face a criminal trial in the United States. And the allegation was that he, and his minions, along with the National Enquir...Show More
10) Attack on free speech? Govt. vs Elon Musk
It began with a man, and then a boy. The massacre at Bondi Junction. And the stabbing of a bishop during a Wakeley church service. Both horrific actions were captured in real time, and the images ...Show More