In Courting Power: Law, Democracy & the Public Interest in Australia, Isabelle Reinecke, founder of public interest litigation incubator Grata Fund, explores the importance of access to the courts for ordinary people to keep the powers that be accountable and our democracy healthy. Reflecting on some of the public interest cases she has helped bring about, she looks at how people and communities can and have challenged systemic gridlock across human rights, climate change and democratic freedoms to make change through access to the courts. She also examines the pernicious forces seeking to influence Australian courts, hungrily eyeing the impact of the far right on the US Supreme Court, and why political attacks on the courts are always sharpest when First Nations people’s rights are at stake. 

Ange McCormack, host of 7am podcast, will join Reinecke in conversation.

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