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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 deliberate attempt to ruin her career and reputation.
Higgins argues the posts were justified, given how Senator Reynolds treated the junior staffer.
Both women have something to prove and everything to lose.
Reynolds has remortgaged her home to cover the enormous legal costs, and Higgins has been forced to sell her home in France to fund her defence.
With careers, reputations and houses on the line, the stakes couldn’t be higher.
Joining Tim on Court In The Act is former Supreme Court Judge Kenneth Martin.
Together they walk through the events leading up to the trial and reflect on why the majority of defamation cases never make it this far.
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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 richest people in Australia. The former chairman of the West Coast Eagles. More lawyers. More judges. Former judges.
You would think that only the most pressing and potentially career defining legal issue would command such an audience – after business hours no less.
But last week, this gathering of Perth’s lawful Illuminati did not take place in a court, or in an office, but in a theatre.
The Heath Ledger Theatre – to witness the premier of the Black Swan State Theatre Company’s production of Prima Facie.
A legal drama, created by playwright Suzie Miller, which has not only taken the theatre world by storm for years.
But has also actually helped shift legal thinking and teaching, on the everlong debate surrounding sexual assault, consent – and how those issues are dealt with within the courtroom.
Joining Tim on Court in the Act this week to discuss the production, the reaction – and the legacy – is Kate Champion, the director of Perth’s production of Prima Facie.
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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 responders’ suspicions, within one-hour detectives deemed Amy’s death a suicide.
What Police did - or didn’t do - in those crucial first hours have been the subject of intense scrutiny.
Joining Tim on Court in the Act is Anna Davey, Amy’s Aunt.
Together they step through the tragic days and hours leading up to Amy’s death and the real reason they can’t accept the Police case.
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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 since the early 60s.
He was revered for his charisma and charm, his pastoral skill, his common touch, and was adored by his parishioners and fellow clergy alike.
So much so that when it emerged that he had been accused of – and then admitted – sexually abusing a 16 year-old boy, his church elders could seemingly not do enough to support him.
Until he ended his own life on the same day as his name appeared on the front page, in June 1994.
Despite being a self-confessed paedophile, Archbishop Peter Carnley led a public outcry against the newspaper, for their “exaggerated distortions” in reporting the court outcome.
He clearly claimed the reporting had contributed to Painter’s suicide.
Three decades on from that report, another article will appear in The Sunday Times this weekend about Reverend Michael Painter.
It will reveal that finally, the Anglican Church has now finally admitted that Painter was not just a “fleeting” offender – he was the most prolific paedophile priest WA’s Anglican church has ever had.
But it will also show that despite their own admissions, the church is still fighting his victims every step of the way.
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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.
In the coming weeks and months in Western Australia, headlines will be writ large about inquests set to be held.
Cleveland Dodd – the young man who died by his own hand in the custody of WA’s Department of Justice.
JC – the young indigenous mother shot by a police officer in Geraldton.
And Lisa Govan – the young woman last seen outside a Kalgoorlie bikie den in 1999. And then never seen again.
All inquiries which all the families involved hope will provide some answers, some truth out of death.
Joining Tim on Court in the Act is Noor Blumer – director of Blumer’s lawyers whose practitioners are well practised in representing those hoping for answers out of an inquest.
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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 been searching for his estranged wife, instead he found her best friend Jennifer Petelczyc, 59 and daughter Gretl, 18, fatally shooting them both, before turning the gun on himself.
A senseless, brutal and cowardly act, which Bombara’s daughter Ariel, says was entirely preventable.
Days after the horrifying triple murder-suicide, Ariel gave a television interview claiming they’d feared for their lives, not only warning police about his behaviour but also about Bombara’s cache of guns.
Arial Bombara also described the harrowing events that culminated in yet another act of domestic violence.
In this episode Tim is joined by Family law advocate Nicola Jansen from O’Sullivan Davies Lawyers to discuss why men’s violence towards women keeps happening, why laws are failing to protect them and how the process of obtaining Violence Restraining Orders could be changed.
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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 victims again. This is the TRUE story of a case that has eerie similarities to the Netflix smash hit.
Like Martha, Kobi Jane Langshaw had a background in the law, presented as affable, intelligent, and professional.
Also like Martha, her obsessions, compulsions and delusions ravaged lives – and led to a stalker being slowly but surely exposed.
The trial played out in WA’s Court, with the Magistrate stating “She is a highly intelligent woman, and she is skilled at lying to take advantage of others. It is clear that she uses charm to manipulate others for personal gain. She holds a sense of superiority, and is very opinionated. When challenged, she becomes hostile, but can instantly switch back to being sweet and unassuming.”
In this episode Tim is joined by clinical and psychologist Professor Troy McEwan, from Swinburne University of Technology to discuss what constitutes stalking.
With 400 000 registered cases of stalking in Australia in just one year, they examine who stalkers are, and why their victims often must leap through hurdles to be taken seriously.
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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.
Taskforce Ravello smashed in doors, raided properties, locked up people in the hunt for Martin’s killer.
Meanwhile, Martins lavish and at times bizarre funeral was livestreamed as a procession of bikies followed behind the casket.
In this episode Tim is joined by Chief Reporter Ben Harvey, as they outline the events that led to the arrest of the Sniper, and another man, nicknamed The Baker, the alleged mastermind behind the killing.
Now in another bizarre twist the case is back before the courts, with Nick Martin’s widow lodging a claim for damages – against the State of Western Australia, and the shooter.
Incredibly, the Sniper whose identity is suppressed made an extraordinary court appearance, claiming he doesn’t care who knows his name, despite being a marked man.
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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 Enquirer “orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt the 2016 election”.
A scheme involving a porn star, a publisher called Pecker, and an Australian sports reporter turned gossip king.
Joining us to break down the case of THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK against DONALD J. TRUMP, is Associate Professor David Smith from the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney.
Judge Juan Merchan has reprimanded the former President for his outspoken commentary about the trial, even fining the 2024 presidential candidate $900 for repeated breaches of a gag order.
The Judge even hinted at prison if he was to continue. However, in this episode we outline the logistical, legal and political reasons Donald Trump will NEVER go to jail.
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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 of the knife, of the death, the horror the shock and the grief, then broadcast to the world.
The mainstream media showed what they needed to amid the strict controls which govern what can be shown by an Australian media company.
On social media – no such control.
Australia’s e-safety commissioner stood up and called for those images - to be taken down. X, formerly known as Twitter, refused.
Dr Dana McKay, Associate Dean of Interaction, Technology and Information in the School of Computing Technologies at RMIT University joins host Tim Clarke to walk through the Government vs Goliath legal battle currently playing out in the Federal Court.
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Just after 2am on October 12, 2023 an ambulance raced to WA’s main maximum security prison Casuarina.
A 16-year-old boy had self-harmed inside his cell at the notorious Unit 18 – the juvenile facility located within the grounds of the adult prison.
The teen was rushed to hospital where was put on life support. One week later, surrounded by family, he took his final breath.
After his death was grief. From his family, his friends and the community.
But there was also outrage. How could this happen? Calls for change became deafening shouts.
An inquiry was held and the revelations uncovered shocked the state.
That boy’s name was Cleveland Dodd.
Senior reporter Rebecca LeMay joins host Tim Clarke to walk through the Coronial inquest into Cleveland’s death.
***A warning to our Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander listeners, this episode contains the name of an Indigenous person who has died. This episode also contains content about suicide and self-harm and may be distressing. If you or anyone you know needs support contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 ***
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Kimberley Heptinstall was 32, the life of party. Everyone’s friend.
She and her partner Travis Barnard met online and got engaged in June 2017.
Until, after a planned elective surgery, Kim lost her life. Suddenly, tragically.
The loss devastated her family. And left her partner bereaved, and apparently grieving.
What Barnard did on the day his partner died in 2019 led him into court this week.
Actions that to anyone who has lost someone too young are hard to hear, and hard to believe.
Criminal lawyer Damien Cripps joins Tim Clarke to discuss all aspects of the case.
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Blood, violence and death seem to follow the name Edhouse.
Father and son Andrew and Robert are both bikies and linked to a string of gruesome crimes – including the disappearance of Kalgoorlie woman Lisa Govan.
Andrew Edhouse, one of WA’s most notorious bikies in the late 90s, was a member of one of the “most secretive” bikie clubs in Australia - the Club Deroes.
In the late 1990s Perth was in the grip of a war between the Club Deroes and the Coffin Cheaters.
One casualty was Coffin Cheater Marc Chabriere, shot dead in his car in Welshpool. Edhouse was accused of his murder but later found not guilty.
The son, Robert Edhouse was also a bikie - the Perth leader of a group called Aryan Nations.
The neo-nazi was convicted along with his lover Melanie Attwood of the brutal murder of her ex-partner Alan Taylor in 2016. A crime Harvey describes as “full metal psycho behaviour”.
The West Australian's chief reporter and Up Late host Ben Harvey joins host Tim Clarke to explore the violent worlds of two members of one family, which collided in one shocking courtroom outburst.
And could come together again before a coroner in a few short months.
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It started as a way to create memories to last a lifetime. An experienced pilot, two excited 12-year-old girls and a family friend on a joy flight over Broome’s iconic coastline.
But it quickly turned into every parent’s worst nightmare as the Robinson R44 Raven chopper plunged to the ground seconds after take-off, right in front of their loved ones eyes.
On board that flight was award-winning tourism operator and Broome identity Troy Thomas, his daughter Mia, her school friend Amber Millar and education assistant and friend of the families Maddison Down.
Troy, who was piloting the helicopter and Amber were killed. Mia and Maddison left clinging to life.
A community was in shock and an investigation began.
What it revealed would shock the tourism industry and leave Amber Millar’s grieving family desperate for answers.
The Nightly’s investigative journalist Kristen Shorten joins Tim Clarke to unpack the case.
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Versace is a name dripped with glamour, and wealth, and glitz, and fame.
But the reality of the death of a man who bore it was a lot grimier than the Italian fashion house which made it famous.
Joseph Rodney Versace. A man with bikie links. Shot in the head. Dead – in a shed, north of Perth.
The gunman, Joshua Duperouzel, also with bikie links, made his escape in a black Beemer with the number plate ‘666’.
And he stayed on the run for days, before turning himself in the most bizarre way.
Former court reporter for Seven News Perth Syan Vallance joins host Tim Clarke to break down the case of The State of Western Australia vs Joshua Colin Duperouzel.
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It’s the case that’s dominated the Australian consciousness.
The alleged murders of a couple – Jesse Baird and Luke Davies – by another man. A NSW cop. Beau Lamarre-Condon.
A double homicide, in Jesse’s home. In cold blood. With a gun, that was police issue.
Jesse Baird was allegedly Mr-Lamarre Condon’s obsession. A love interest spurned, which has allegedly led to the unthinkable.
Seven Network senior reporter Robert Ovadia joins Tim Clarke to discuss the case.
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Peter Greste – the journalist who spent more than a year locked up in an Egyptian prison – has said the Australian government took too long to finally call for the release and return of Julian Assange.
Assange took his final appeal against extradition to the United States to the UK’s highest court this week – a last bid to stop him being sent across the Atlantic to face espionage charges.
Those charges stem from the Wikileaks releases of hundreds of thousands of US military documents in 2010 and 2011.
And since then, Assange has fought off allegations that he put lives at risk with his online leaks, alongside allegations of sexual assault against two women in Sweden.
The Swedish allegations fell away as Assange hid away in Ecuador’s embassy in London.
But the US have never gone away, and this week argued that Assange should be sent to their country to face their justice system.
Greste joins host Tim Clarke to discuss the many intricacies of this long-running case.
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It’s a spin-off from the original drama Brittany Higgins versus Bruce Lehrmann.
Veteran TV presenter Lisa Wilkinson took on her former employer Network 10 over her decision to get her own lawyers. And over what those lawyers cost.
It all stems from the interview Wilkinson conducted with Higgins on The Project in 2021, where Lehrmann was accused of rape.
And that Logies speech, which forced the delay of the criminal trial of Lehrmann.
There was more explosive testimony from Wilkinson, revealing the inner workings of the TV station, in a bid to make her former employers pay.
Jenna Clarke, associate editor of The Australian joins host Tim Clarke to discuss the latest spin-off in the case that has consumed Canberra and Australia’s media.
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He was one of the biggest figures in Melbourne’s Underbelly. She was his lawyer. And, as it turns out, the biggest snitch of all.
Tony Mokbel is widely regarded as the organiser of Melbourne’s methamphetamine business.
And in 2006 he became Australia’s most wanted man, escaping the country on a yacht bound for Greece. He was caught a year later, wearing what would become the most famous wig in Australian crime.
Beside him through all of it was Nicola Gobbo. A prominent Melbourne lawyer she acted for many of the underworld, including Carl Williams.
But unbeknown to them, she was simultaneously acting for another- Melbourne Police.
Years of informing on her clients earned her the nickname Lawyer X and the police several high-profile collars.
But she couldn’t stay secret for long. The scandal rocked Australia. Criminals started appealing convictions, on the basis Gobbo’s evidence was tainted.
Including Mokbel, in court this month appealing his sentence for serious drug charges.
Criminal lawyer Katherine Dowling joins Tim Clarke to comb through the history of Tony Mokbel and his extraordinary claims about the lawyer who used to defend him.
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On October 1, 2000 two shots rang out in the darkness in the middle of nowhere.
The handful of Gypsy Jokers sitting around a campfire near the pub in the tiny Goldfields town of Ora Banda hit the deck.
One wasn’t so lucky. Billy Grierson caught a bullet in the chest and bled to death.
The owner of the pub, former CIB detective Don Hancock insisted he had nothing to do with the death.
The Jokers were not convinced.
Bombing after bombing followed Griersons death. Hancock refused witness protection.
And then came the act that rocked the State & changed WA forever.
The West Australian’s bikie whisperer, chief reporter and host of Up Late, Ben Harvey, joins Tim Clarke to dissect the murder of Billy Grierson, and the terrifying fallout which followed.
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