Season 1 (2017)

Open for Business
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July 2, 2017 • 25m

An inside look at the machinations of Australia’s busiest local court sees Sydney’s top Magistrates dealing with a violent street ...Read more

The Demon Drink
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July 9, 2017 • 25m

Sydney’s top Magistrates dole out punishment for a spate of alcohol-fuelled crimes. Two British backpackers have violently attacke...Read more

All Walks of Life
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July 16, 2017 • 25m

People from all walks of life end up in Australia’s busiest local court. A drug addict, two disrespectful twenty-somethings and a ...Read more

The Last Resort
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July 23, 2017 • 25m

Sending a defendant to jail is never an easy decision for Magistrates in Australia’s busiest local court. Three defendants are now...Read more

The Importance of Parenting
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July 30, 2017 • 25m

Sydney’s busiest local courts are home to heartbroken parents supporting errant children as they face the full weight of the law. ...Read more

Drugs
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August 6, 2017 • 25m

Drug offences account for almost twenty percent of all cases before Australia’s busiest local courts. Drug related crime has lande...Read more

Regular Customers
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August 13, 2017 • 25m

Over half the defendants who appear in Australia’s busiest local court will re-offend within ten years. Today four serial offender...Read more

Drink Driving
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August 20, 2017 • 25m

Drink driving is an endemic problem around the world and in NSW alone 20,000 people are charged with the offence. Magistrates in S...Read more

Self-Represented
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August 27, 2017 • 25m

In Australia’s busiest local court a surprising number of defendants choose to do without a lawyer and instead represent themselve...Read more

Judgement
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September 3, 2017 • 25m

Sydney’s hardworking Magistrates reveal the difficult deliberations handing down a sentence to a young man caught for a second tim...Read more