He comes from a family of legal royalty but this judge is attracting controversy.
Judge Sandy Street presides over more refugee cases than any other in the Federal Circuit Court.
His defenders say he’s an extraordinarily hard worker.
But Street’s rulings have been successfully appealed 90 times in the past five years.
Hagar Cohen investigates.

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Folge vom 08.09.2019Who watches over our judges?
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Folge vom 01.09.2019How vaping will make you freeIt's mostly illegal to sell nicotine for vaping in Australia, but there are some powerful players who want to change that. The tobacco industry wants smokers to take up vaping, but it's also getting help from libertarians all over the world who believe the right to vape represents personal freedom. Ariel Bogle gets onboard the Vape Force One bus to find out more.
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Folge vom 18.08.2019Out of jail, 2 nights to find a homeYou’ve just been released from jail in a country town. You’re given two nights in a motel, half a dole check, and one set of clothes. Where do you go from there? Liz Keen follows repeat offenders as they cycle between rural prisons, grungy roadside motels, and homelessness, in a fight to start their lives over.
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Folge vom 11.08.2019The Birdman of Surry HillsFrom piles of rubbish to leaking sewers, rats, and gas leaks. Pierre the Birdman is on a one-man mission to save his public housing block -- but he doesn’t own a computer, only just got a mobile phone, has never had legal training, and he barely finished high school. Despite this... he’s been winning cases against the NSW Government. Mario Christodoulou reports.