The Price of Justice

Aug 25, 2025 - 17:34
The Price of Justice
In this Four Corners, ABC investigations' reporter Anne Connolly reveals how some class actions have become a brazen money-making exercise for lawyers and litigation funders — many of them based overseas.

At least one class action is launched on average every week in Australia. They are often seen as the only way Australians wronged by powerful institutions can get compensation and justice.

Across the country retirees, taxi drivers and First Nations families have signed up with the hope of compensation and recognition, but the reality is often very different — many are left feeling sidelined, short-changed, and sometimes retraumatised.