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Daily wrap  

• How did a Supreme Court judge's court appearance spill into the political arena?
   

  • Tasmanian government moves to have justice Gregory Geason suspended
     

  • Leaked text shows chief justice telling judge he could 'resign before this goes further' 
     

• An alleged rape in Parliament House is in court again – and Australia can’t look away | Australian media | The Guardian
   

  • Lipreader can testify at Lehrmann defamation trial, judge rules – as it happened | Australian media | The Guardian
     

• 'I may have to resign': Court documents allege NDIS commissioner mistakenly misled Four Corners over autism program
   

• Sixth former immigration detainee arrested in Melbourne for allegedly breaking curfew | Australian immigration and asylum | The Guardian
   

• 'I will always regret that one mistake': Mayor won't contest next election after drink-driving crash
   

• Son of farmer who murdered environmental officer ordered to pay $405k land-clearing fine
   

• Grandson of former WA premier among trio jailed over plot to import 99kg of meth hidden in latex pillows
   

• Emma Walters fined $1,500 over threat to kill estranged husband and union boss John Setka
   

• ANZ to pay $900,000 penalty for continuous disclosure failure | ASIC
   

• Ben Roberts-Smith’s lawyers seek to block war crimes investigators from secret emails [SMH paywall]
   

• NSW Police tried to push State Deputy Coroner out of cases after handcuffing elderly mother [SMH paywall]
   

Editor’s picks

• More reforms on the way for NSW’s defamation laws - David Helvadjian - Law Society Journal
   

• Lehrmann case brings home the risks of suing for a court victory [SMH paywall]
   

• Citizenship stripping and the conception of punishment as an exclusively judicial function — Australian Public Law
   

• Shifting legal paradigms: Landmark decision in NZYQ v Minister for Immigration - Law Society Journal
   

• Reforming the Privacy Act for the modern era - Law Society Journal
   

• Is it safe enough? Changes to the Family Law Act - Law Society Journal
   

• NSW District Court Judge Sarah Huggett appointed to NSW Supreme Court 
   

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