Assembly passes electoral reform bill after three-week standoff
The bill reshapes how results are transmitted and collated, but opposition members say the timeline leaves too little room for scrutiny before the next elections.
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Supreme Court rules state assemblies must follow due process in removal proceedings
The judgment sets out the steps assemblies must follow before removing a governor or deputy, and clarifies what happens when they are skipped.
What the new transmission rules actually require
A plain-language guide to the obligations the bill creates, who is responsible for each step, and what happens when something goes wrong.
The case for publishing court records in full
Court reporting in this country is too often built on summaries of summaries. It should be built on the documents.
Reforms to case management have not shortened the path from referral to charge
New figures show the average time between a referral reaching the agency and a decision on charging has changed little in two years.
Governors and the limits of executive orders
Executive orders are being used to do work that legislation is supposed to do. The courts have started to notice.
Commission publishes polling unit results in machine-readable format for the first time
The dataset covers three states and is the first release under the new publishing requirement. Independent checks have already begun.
Understanding the standard of proof in civil claims
The balance of probabilities is often described as a simple comparison. In practice it is a rule about who loses when the evidence is evenly matched.