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Here’s a question for you: can you place a value on lost cultural heritage, on separation from land and on families divided?

It’s not only a moral quandary.The Federal Court is currently trying to calculate how much compensation is owed to Traditional Owners in Western Australia's Pilbara region.

Yindjibarndi Traditional Owners have been locked in a long-running legal battle with Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue Metals Group and the WA government over what the Federal Court ruled was illegal mining on their land.

Today, contributor to The Saturday Paper Ben Abbatangelo, on the billion-dollar battle and the very personal toll it’s taken on those fighting it.



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Guest: Contributor to The Saturday Paper, Ben Abbatangelo

The 2024 Euros are just weeks away – with some of the best footballers in the world competing in an event that draws in hundreds of millions of viewers.
But the legacy of the last Euros is still an uncomfortable topic for many in England. Not only because they lost, but also the scenes of violence and hooliganism that led to a national debate and a new Netflix documentary.
Today, journalist Martin McKenzie-Murray reads his piece from this weekend’s edition of The Saturday Paper.

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Guest: Journalist, Martin McKenzie-Murray.

On Monday, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Khan announced he would apply for arrest warrants for senior Hamas leaders as well as Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defence minister Yoav Gallant.
So, how did the ICC’s prosecutor come to the point of applying for arrest warrants? What happens next? And can international law survive the scrutiny it’s now under?
Today, expert in international law and professor at the University of California Davis Chimene Keitner on the warrants now drawing attention from around the world.

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Guest: Professor at the University of California Davis, Chimene Keitner

The members of this federal Labor government have been pretty disciplined on not publicly criticising party policy.
So it raised a few eyebrows when MPs from inner-city seats took aim at the government’s Future Gas Strategy.
The plan pumps up gas as a vital part of the energy transition through to 2050 and beyond, which is at odds with moves to get households off gas as quickly as possible.
Today, national correspondent for The Saturday Paper Mike Seccombe, on what’s behind the gas plan and why a little “sanctioned dissent” might be part of a broader electoral strategy.

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Guest: National correspondent for The Saturday Paper, Mike Seccombe

Julian Assange’s lawyer, Jennifer Robinson, describes the long, meandering court process Assange has faced as “punishment by process”.
Just this week, in a decision that may have saved Assange from being immediately extradited to the United States, the British High Court ruled it will hear one more appeal against his extradition – but not until later this year.
The only other literal get-out-of-jail card for Assange is if the US drops the charges against him.
Today, Assange’s lawyer Jennifer Robinson, on why she’s back in Australia lobbying the government and whether they can secure a deal before the US election in November. 

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Guest: Lawyer for Julian Assange, Jennifer Robinson.

When observing the Al Roj refugee camp in Northern Syria on Google Maps, you can see it’s only a few hundred metres away from an airport tarmac.
But for the 40 Australian citizens stranded at the camp – with no water, electricity or any real plan for the future – getting on a plane home could still be years away.
Today, special correspondent for The Saturday Paper Jason Koutsoukis, on why the government seems to have abandoned its plans to bring them home.

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Guest: Special correspondent for The Saturday Paper Jason Koutsoukis