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EPISODE · Dec 28, 2021 · 28 MIN

How itchy underpants created Australia's consumer laws

from Law Report · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

If a consumer is injured by a faulty product, they can sue the manufacturer. In Australia, The law of Negligence or Torts forms a fundamental building block of our legal system.As reporter Carly Godden discovers, these laws owe much of their origins to a case from the 1930's involving a pair of woollen long johns.

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