Shadow Attorney-General Michaelia Cash has raised the possibility that Finance Minister Katy Gallagher misled parliament after revelations were aired suggesting Senator Gallagher was aware of Brittany Higgins’ allegations against Bruce Lehrmann four days before she claimed to have had no advance knowledge of them in the Senate. 

Tobacconists in Sydney are peddling black market cigarettes with one in four tobacco products consumed in Australia coming from an illegal source, costing the Federal government $4.2 billion last year. 

Queenslanders have been warned they could face even higher prices and more delays for new homes as the state ­government pushes forward with a proposal to regulate the development industry.  

More than 5000 vehicles that service the Melbourne CBD every day could be hindered from making vital deliveries, collecting rubbish or attending work sites as a result of a council plan to limit vehicles in the Hoddle Grid. 

MPs and staff working late at SA Parliament House have been told to leave in groups and avoid long waits for buses amid “the current prevalence of anti-social behaviour” on North Terrace.