Crown appeals acquittal in sexual assault case … Intoxication … Consent … NSW Court of Criminal Appeal … Sophie Taylor courtside 

The councils of the Law Society and the NSW Bar are caught up in a backlash from a vocal fringe that wants them to abandon their support for same-sex marriage … The usual suspects … Where do these self-appointed guardians of virtue get off? 

The new minister for Home Affairs will have wide discretionary powers over peoples’ lives … Unfortunately, the job is being handed to a seriously unsuitable person … Peta Leigh examines Peter Dutton’s sweeping functions under the proposed ministerial arrangements 

Special chair for light duties in chambers … Lawyer ordered to pay indemnity costs in sewerage bill standoff … Austlii’s redesign … The senate considers whether courts have the wrong idea about contempt … When legislation is received from Mother England what meaning can parliament intend? … Goings On with Theodora 

Federal courts update … Public Sector Union complains to the Public Service Commissioner about hiring processes at the federal courts … Lack of important detail at senate estimates … Tears at the courts’ Canberra support office 

Turnbull the know-all … Dual citizens in parliament … PM declares the High Court has already found for the government … The illusion of brilliance … No postal voting for “silent” electors … Polly Peck reports from Canberra 

Daphnis and the vanishing foundation stone … De-naming … “Churchie” school teachers on molestation spree … Old guard led by Lord Eldon in revolt … Serious fraud complaint to Charities Commission … Sir Terence O’Rort reports 

Toot-toot … Ferry man leaves the wharf … All aboard with new staff … Old timers walk the plank … Industrial turmoil at the federal courts as new bosun comes on board