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Class action lawsuits are one of the only ways ordinary people can get justice and compensation if they’ve been mistreated by powerful corporations and institutions.
Successful class actions have held companies and even governments to account over stolen wages, emissions fraud, and chemical contamination.
But now, their future is under threat.
Today, journalist and lawyer Kieran Pender on the new government legislation that could spell the end of class actions in Australia, and what that would mean for access to justice.
Guest: Journalist and lawyer, Kieran Pender.
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