Sep 24, 2026 · 1 hr 8 min · 18 segments
Ever watched TV shows like CSI and wondered what a real-life pathologist actually does? It’s not just about solving murders and locking up crooks—it’s also about saving lives! On the latest episode…
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Why not? I don't because I know some of them are not actually desperate people.
Well, what about those that are? There's a guy who camps in the street not far from where we're sitting.
Why wouldn't I give him a couple of bucks? I've seen people give him food, by the way.
Yeah, I think that's more common.
I think people will buy food because they don't want them to buy substances.
The Victorian government's going to decriminalise begging, and there's quite a fight going on about that because there are a lot of...
Homeless people around the city, as you well know, you've worked with them and a lot of them want to be there and a lot of them are begging.
But I also remember coming across a case myself where a couple of kids came from a private school in their private uniforms, took their uniforms on, put on their grotty clothes and went and begged every afternoon and made money.
So what do we do? Do we give them money or not? We give the genuine beggars, do we give them money? But how do you work out who's
genuine and who isn't? Well, you've worked with homeless people.
How do you work it out? The ones I worked with that were genuinely homeless weren't begging.
No.
No way.
They were too proud.
Gee, that's
No.
Why not? I don't because I know some of them are not actually desperate people.
Well, what about those that are? There's a guy who camps in the street not far from where we're sitting.
Why wouldn't I give him a couple of bucks? I've seen people give him food, by the way.
Yeah, I think that's more common.
I think people will buy food because they don't want them to buy substances.
The Victorian government's going to decriminalise begging, and there's quite a fight going on about that because there are a lot of...
Homeless people around the city, as you well know, you've worked with them and a lot of them want to be there and a lot of them are begging.
But I also remember coming across a case myself where a couple of kids came from a private school in their private uniforms, took their uniforms on, put on their grotty clothes and went and begged every afternoon and made money.
So what do we do? Do we give them money or not? We give the genuine beggars, do we give them money? But how do you work out who's
genuine and who isn't? Well, you've worked with homeless people.
How do you work it out? The ones I worked with that were genuinely homeless weren't begging.
No.
No way.
They were too proud.
Gee, that's
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