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In The Know
by Caitlin Dagher and Samara Delmenico
Bridging the gap between the law and young people, in other words, giving you your Legally Blonde moment one episode at a time....Hosted by Caitlin Dagher & Samara Delmenico.
Episodes
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*ANNOUCEMENT*
Hey pals, hope you're having a lovely week! Just a quick announcement from us this week...we'll be going fortnightly from this week onwards on the pod. Life is hectic and we want to make sure we keep releasing good quality, passionate, and well-researched episodes so to do that, we need that…
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Property: Stop Buying Avocado Toast?
Hi hi hi! Today we are talking property ownership and we have the incredible Emily Wallace on the show to help us navigate the confusing area of buying your first home. Emily is a buyers advocate by trade. Basically, she knows everything about buying a house and her whole job is to make it an…
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Renting: Tenants can paint walls?!
Happy hump day everyone! This week we bring you a quick guide to the 130 rental reforms that can into play at the end of March 2021. These include super cool things like renters now being able to paint walls, hang picture frames, change lights and a whole range of other things!!! We also have two...
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Employment: Is This The End of Working In Our Pajamas?!
Hello friends, welcome back! On Friday, Daddy Dan announced that workers are free to return to the office without a cap on numbers (but still adhering to those pesky density levels). Whilst this is a resounding cornerstone of our hard work over the past year to return to "normal" life, it also...
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Law School: Six Years and All I Got Was This Lousy Email
Hello dear listener friends! Today we are celebrating because on Friday 19 March 2021, one half of this podcast became a qualified Australian lawyer! After six long years of studying, Samara finally reached the end (or a beginning, depending on your levels of optimism)! Due to COVID, the usual...
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Employment: Bye Bye Bully
Happy Wednesday folks! Today we have the lovely Alex on the show, going through workplace bullying with us. We have all had questionable workplaces (hospo @ 15, hello) or fallen victim to a mean boss or cruel co-worker. Alex, a passionate young employment lawyer, takes us through your options if...
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Crime: For Fluff's Sake
Today we are talking about everyone's favourite topic - DOGS! That may have been click bait because we actually take a bit of a delve into animal cruelty - what it is, what it covers and who investigates it. We tell a fair few fluffy stories about the little creatures we love (a little smoodle...
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Interview: Lawyer Life
How the heck is it March already?? We are asking ourselves the same question...it has been a busy week but we managed to squeeze in a quick chat with the lovely Maddy, a Brisbane based employment lawyer. Maddy takes us through her experiences as a young lawyer, navigating the workplace after...
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In The Media: We're Zucced
To be zucced is to be cancelled by Facebook, and last Wednesday, our dear listener friends, Australia was zucced. While there are endless play on words we can use here (get zucced, what the zucc, so on and so forth) but we won't waste your time. Today we delve into the furore we all woke up to…
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In the Media: It's Britney, B!tch
Ah, yes, another Wednesday is among us. This week we run you through the ever-prominent #FreeBritney movement, the Framing Britney Spears doco, what the heck a conservatorship is and why Britney has been in one for the past 10+ years (hint: this story is multi-faceted, double-sided, and...
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In the Media: Conversion Practices - where are we at?
Happy hump day guys and gals! Today, we are bringing back one of our fave segments, In the Media, to give you an update on Victoria's new prohibition of conversion practices legislation. We recommend you listen to our earlier ep, Criminalising Conversion Practices here:...
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Employment: Questions Questions Questions
Happy hump day ladies and gentlemen! What a Wednesday it is! After a few massive weeks, we have gone short and sweet today to talk about what you can and can't be asked in an interview. As we learned in our research, it is a super blurry and subjective topic (which means it is hard to…
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In the Media: Always Was, Always Will Be
Oops, it's Thursday - sorry for the delay in releasing this week's ep but we PROMISE it was absolutely worth the wait. Today, we discuss a topic on the minds of many (if not all) Australians in light of the 26 January public holiday, 'Australia Day,' or 'Invasion Day.' There has been a lot of…
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USA: You're Fired
Well well well, it seems Donald Trump's infamous quote from The Apprentice has come back to bite him on the bum...twice (side note, who gave a reality TV star the presidency and why?). This week, we again jump across the pond to the US to tackle the Capitol siege, Trump's subsequent impeachment…
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Driving: Get in Loser, We're Going Shopping
Wow, already at the second Wednesday of 2021, when did that happen?! Today, we are happy to be bringing you a good old-fashioned rundown of all things speeding, mobile phones and driving navigation, your obligations if you ever get into a crash as well as a rogue conversation about riding a polar...
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Consumer Rights: New Year, New Me, New Gym...Contract?
Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you all! Wow, 2021 and you can bet we're starting off with a bang! For the very first week of the new year we are bringing you your introduction to the wonderful world of consumer law and your consumer rights (yay!). We do this by breaking down contracts…
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Employment: Take It or Leave It
Well well well, it is the last Tuesday before Christmas and we are a bit shocked by that. Anyone else feel like they have lost a month or seven? Most importantly, of course, it is pod day! This week we bring you not only your weekly dose of the boring stuff, but also a year in review! 2020, the...
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Interview: Sex Work
A big hello to Tuesday and an even bigger hello to our two-month pod anniversary! Today’s milestone episode will NOT disappoint because today, dear friends, today we take you through the legal framework of the sex work industry in Victoria, compare it to other States and Territories in Australia,...
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Crime: Drink Drank Drunk
Well somehow it is Tuesday again, which means we are gracing your ears with another episode! This week we bring you a humdinger of a show, chatting offences you can be charged with on a night out (spoiler: yes, we are looking at you...we see you peeing in the alleyway across from Yah Yah's on a...
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Bite-Sized Bits - Criminal Law Overview
SURPRISE! Bite-Sized Bits are officially back after a short hiatus (yay). This week's Bite-Sized gives a super simple (and quick) run down of what the heck criminal law is, the different types of criminal offences (summary vs indictable), and takes you through a generic and simple example of the...
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In the Media: Criminalising Conversion Practices
Tuesday, hello there! This week's episode is another 'In the Media' and we take a deep dive into the new Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Bill 2020 (Vic) introduced into Parliament on 25 November 2020. Just a quick content warning here, we discuss topics which may be...
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In the Media: #LetUsSpeak
Hooray, it’s Tuesday! This week we’re switching up our usual episode framework for a topic very close to our hearts and at the forefront of our current news cycle, the ‘gag laws’ and #LetUsSpeak movement. In this episode, we step you through the entire saga – from the introduction of the ‘gag…
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Renting: Can I bring the dog?
Happy Tuesday! This week we chat renting 101, and, before you ask: YES, we absolutely do delve into whether or not you can steal your family dog when you move out of home! Jokes aside, tune in to learn about leases, landlord/tenant obligations and how to apply to keep a furry friend (and a rogue...
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USA: Has America finally dumped the Trump?
Tuesday already?! YAY! Today we bring you a very different episode to usual, an interview with American Journalist Benjy Renton who talks us through the bizarre American election process, why some people's votes "matter" more than others, and the hope that comes with a Biden presidency (amongst...
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Employment: Working hard or hardly working?
Happy Tuesday dear friends! On today's ep we talk employment. Crappy bosses, low paying jobs, a cheeky cash gig. We've all had them. And it's about time we worked out how the heck you know if you are being treated fairly. We give you the low down on employment contracts, awards and of course, $$....
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Bite-Sized Bits - Parliament
This week's Bite-Sized Bit goes out to listener Chloe who asks what is Parliament and what does it do? Cheers, Chlo - enjoy pals! P.S. Like Chloe, feel free to slide into our DMs if there's a specific legal process/system you want us to give you a rundown of! Music: Spark of Inspiration by Shane...
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Bite-Sized Bits - Legislation
Surprise! Not one ep this week but TWO!? Starting with a bang! Legislation? Who is she? Join us for this quick little look into how legislation is made (and get your facts straight for this weeks ep). Music: Spark of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com DISCLAIMER:...
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COVID-19: Everyone right to go?
Welcome! Episode one! Is anyone else screaming? We are screaming. Oh, just us. Okay then. Today we are talking COVID - specifically exploring what in the world State of Emergency and State of Disaster actually means. Music: Spark of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com...
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Welcome to In the Know!
Welcome to In The Know, a podcast hosted by Caitlin Dagher and Samara Delmenico. While studying law, we’ve realized the legal system saturates everything we do but not many people actually know how it operates. Each week, we will be dropping a podcast chatting about an issue that we think you...
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