Julian Burnside
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...
More ...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....
More ...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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