Thanks very much for reading Need to Know this Thursday, July 4. Here are some of today’s biggest developments:

- Payman to join three other defectors on crossbench: Senator Payman’s move means she will join three other defectors on the Senate crossbench – Lidia Thorpe, Tammy Tyrrell and David Van.

- Lehrmann committed to stand trial on two counts of rape Former Liberal Party staffer Bruce Lehrmann has been committed to stand trial on two rape charges, following two days of hearings into the reliability of the alleged victim’s evidence.

- Pro-Palestine supporters on roof of Parliament House Four pro-Palestine supporters have climbed onto the roof of Parliament House in Canberra.

- Dutton says he has spoken to supermarket bosses on divestiture plan Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is continuing to spruik his promise to break up Australia’s supermarket duopoly by creating legislation to uphold “free-market principles”.