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'Like being suspended in mid-air': The enduring impact of ongoing delays in Australia's courts

Years on from the onset of the pandemic, courts still making their way through piles of backlogged matters. (ABC News: Emma Machan)

When Emily* thinks back to her virtual court hearing in 2021, one comment sticks in her mind.

"That sounds like a COVID casualty to me," she remembers the magistrate quipping as they reviewed the duration of her matter.

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