ITC #8

ITC#8: Michael Kirby and Mark Aarons on the Communist Party Case The banning of the Australian Communist Party, and the finding of the High Court that the legislation effecting the banning was invalid, were landmark events in Australia’s political and legal history. Justice Michael Kirby and Mark Aarons, discuss the background to the case and its implications. Thanks also to the National Library of Australia, for the use of excerpts from its oral history collection: Laurie Aarons interviewed by Stewart Harris, 1991 Dec.17-1992 Mar. 4, ORAL TRC 2788.

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ITC #8 is an episode from In That Case by Joel Townsend.

This episode is 38:13 long.

This episode was published on Aug 8, 2018.

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