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Asylum seekers and Australian democracy: Manne, Lake, Burnside, Megalogenis

Part 1 | Part 2 What do we fear? At this La Trobe University event, four of the nation's leading thinkers on the subject to explore the...

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The morality of mortality. Hosted by Phillip Adams

Part 1 | Part 2 Is death something to be feared or embraced? Broadcaster Phillip Adams chairs this discussion with barrister Julian...

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Julian Burnside: Mind your language!

Julian Burnside

Julian Burnside QC, barrister, human rights advocate and author, steps onto the Wheeler Centre Soapbox/Lunchbox to speak about the use and...

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Does the end justify the means? David Kilcullen with Julian Burnside

Julian Burnside

Excerpt | Part 1 | Part 2The world's foremost counterinsurgency expert, David Kilcullen, is cross-examined by barrister and human...

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Standard Operating Procedure: Philip Gourevitch, Julian Burnside and Gerry Simpson

Julian Burnside

Standard operating procedure. Just ordinary Americans. What went wrong at Abu Ghraib? At this fascinating Melbourne Writers Festival...

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Standard Operating Procedure (p2)

Julian Burnside

Standard operating procedure. Just ordinary Americans. What went wrong at Abu Ghraib? At this recent Melbourne Writers Festival session...

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Art Censorship public forum (p2)

Julian Burnside

Art Censorship: the Bigger Picture was the title of this public forum that took place on 12th June at the Museum of Contemporary Art in...

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I Accuse: A century after the Dreyfus Affair, “anti-terror” legislation jeopardises Australians’ right to a fair trial

Julian Burnside

On 26 September 1894, the French Intelligence Service intercepted a message which had been sent to Lieutenant-Colonel von Schwartzkoppen....

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One in the Box. Twelve exposed men (and women): 'Secrets of the Jury Room' by Malcolm Knox

Julian Burnside

There is a famous story from the American trial bar concerning juries. The accused was charged with murder. The case was entirely...

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