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Daily wrap  

• 'That includes me': Tasmanian magistrates ruled out from hearing criminal case against Supreme Court Justice
   

• Clive Palmer loses bid to halt criminal proceedings over alleged fraud and dishonesty | Queensland | The Guardian
   

  • a copy of the judgment can be found here. Dalton JA not happy with primary judge - see [18] - [23].
     

• Nicola Gobbo told me to flee Australia, crime kingpin Tony Mokbel tells court
   

  • Tony Mokbel has request rejected for third taxpayer-funded lawyer
     

• Ben Roberts-Smith defamation appeal: no evidence ‘blooding the rookie’ could only mean procuring a murder, court told | Australia news | The Guardian
   

• Kurtley Beale told agent ‘I messed up’ in phone call after woman made rape allegation, court hears | New South Wales | The Guardian
   

• ACT Bar Association 'not going to allow' proposed reform scrapping good-character references for paedophiles
   

• Anglicare Sydney refused to assess Aboriginal baby’s aunt as carer because she was in same-sex relationship, court hears | Indigenous Australians | The Guardian
   

• Community legal centres desperate for funding as some close books to new clients
   

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