A Supreme Court judge in Nauru has declared legislation passed earlier this month 'null and void..
Justice Geof Muecke has also ruled that the government has to make a significant payment to help defray some of the expenses for lawyers representing the so-called Nauru 19 who are facing trial for a protest outside parliament more than three years ago. .
Don Wiseman has been looking at the judge's decisions and he began with how the Nauru 19 came to be charged. He spoke to Sally Round.
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