The ex-partner of Julia Gillard sucked a woman’s nipple without her consent while he was “drunk” in Melbourne’s inner-north just two weeks before it became public he’d split from the former Prime Minister.

A ROYAL Commission into how drugs are getting into our borders and fuelling Sydney’s underworld war has been called for, as the Premier conceded laws may need to change after the latest deadly shooting to rock the city.

Ferrari-driving developer John Woodman paid more than $1.5m to political figures and councillors in a bid to “improperly” influence planning decisions in Melbourne’s southeast suburbs.

The Queensland government is refusing to bring the state in line with the rest of the country and the world by restricting the sale of realistic toy guns criminals are using to rob homes and businesses. 

Patients are waiting up to five years to see some public hospital specialists for routine or non-urgent appointments – then face going on a separate waiting list if they need elective surgery.