Judgment: Cases That Changed Australia
2026 · ABC iview · 47 min · 1 season
S01E04 · Vote
Tue, 14 Apr, 12:00 pm
An unlikely hero takes on laws that silence citizens and reignites a democratic struggle older than the nation itself.
About
Judgment takes viewers inside the High Court of Australia, where our country answers many of its toughest questions and where ordinary citizens seeking justice challenge the laws that have shaped our nation. Across four of the most high-stake cases – Gay Rights & Marriage Equality, Mabo, Immigration Detention and the Right to Vote– Judgment charts the personal battles that have become constitutional turning points driving change in the course of history.
Episodes
- E01
Love
Tue, 14 Apr· 48 minTwo men walk into Hobart police station, confess to a crime and begin High Court battles for justice, respect and marriage equality.
- E02
Mabo
Tue, 14 Apr· 47 minTerra Nullius: law or lie? Eddie Mabo and others challenge the legal fiction at the heart of colonisation and transform Australia's understanding of land and sovereignty.
- E03
We Will Decide
Tue, 14 Apr· 46 minWhen asylum seekers' futures are argued before the High Court, questions of borders, power and national identity are laid bare.
- E04
Vote
Tue, 14 Apr· 45 minAn unlikely hero takes on laws that silence citizens and reignites a democratic struggle older than the nation itself.
