On Episode 77 of Bogan Intelligentsia, Australian human rights lawyer, former Human Rights Commissioner and UN commission of inquiry member Chris Sidoti joins us for a tight, unsermonic hour on law, visas, the IDF running the Sydney Marathon,and the killing of Zomi Frankcom.
Starting from Israel’s decision to close the Zomi Frankcom file and refuse criminal charges days before the Sydney Marathon, Sidoti walks through the details surrounding the event, looking at what Australia failed to do at the border, and how the whole thing was allowed to happen if the first place. Sidoti questions what Home Affairs actions, what AFP or the Commonwealth DPP can still do, what a proportionate response looks like now the race is over, and what Labor should have done, and what it can still do.
Podcast Details: : 42 min | Released 06 September 2026 | Chris Sidoti – Australian human rights lawyer; former Human Rights Commissioner and Australian Law Reform Commissioner; member of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel.
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