Celebrating a return to the studio, in this episode The Wigs delve into three diverse topics. First up, the limits of academic freedom as revealed in a recent High Court of Australia decision of Ridd v James Cook University [2021] HCA 32. Should academic freedom be qualified by a requirement to “afford respect and courtesy to others in one’s field of competence”? Should academics be censured, or even lose their jobs, for speaking out, being critical of others, and for attacking university administration and decision-making? Secondly, The Wigs discuss the controversial cases of Kassam v Hazzard; Henry v Hazzard [2021] NSWSC 1320, in which the Plaintiffs brought a whole host of legal challenges to the NSW vaccination requirements, and spoiler, lost all of them.  Thirdly, a case about a teenage Aboriginal girl videoed by police whilst being strip searched, and whether her case could be heard by a female Magistrate. 

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