Media’s season in court: How The Teacher’s Pet changed Australia’s podcast landscape
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It’s the last day of winter today. And there’s never been a season like it for high profile legal cases – criminal and civil – involving the media.
For any publishing company that aspires to do investigative journalism or write about contested topics, legal representation is becoming a cost of doing business, in both defending reporting and as bystanders in criminal proceedings.

I’m wondering when The Australian will be able to re-enable downloads on The Teacher’s Pet podcast.
I was a bit late to Hedley Thomas’s podcast investigative journalism.
I found him through The Night Driver and Shandee’s Story.
I wouldn’t mind going back and listening to the podcast that started it all for Hedley.
I’d imagine we’ll have to wait till the appeal has run it’s course.