The case for compulsory voting … Pity the Brits, French and Americans where politicians have to “get out the vote” … Nathan Twibill on the advantages of the “median voter” strategy … Vote early, vote often

Thai massages … Brittany Higgins private communications … NACC looks at leaks to media hacks … Contempt of court … Hitting on Leon Zwier … Vendetta … New pastures for Whybrow … The Federal Court and the defamation racket … From our Chief City Correspondent

University of Canberra wilts in the heat … Drumgold’s academic appointment cancelled … Unrelenting and biased media attacks … Lily-livered university administrators … From the newsletter 500 Words, or thereabouts

A judicial review of a board of inquiry into the rape case against Bruce Lehrmann has exposed a newspaper columnist’s efforts to cultivate a relationship with the inquiry’s head … Apprehended bias sinks findings against Shane Drumgold … From The Saturday Paper … By Richard Ackland

Lay associate … Back in the game …Serious criminal priors … Embarrassment … Law Society sits on its hands … Conditions attached … Identity suppressed … All is forgiven … Thank you ball-boys, thank you NCAT