Brittany Higgins will give “graphic and distressing” evidence about allegations she was sexually assaulted in Parliament House by Bruce Lehrmann, a court has heard.

Unions and developers have joined forces to push for urgent reforms that would give nurses, ambos and other essential workers a fighting chance of being able to afford to live in Sydney.

Australia’s largest cruise operator will pull several of its ships from Melbourne in protest against the Victorian government’s decision to increase its ports tax from next year. 

Shocking footage, that will be vital at the inquest into Queensland’s deadliest police massacre, details the moment Good Samaritan Alan Dare arrives to help his neighbours only to be fatally shot by a camouflaged gunman lying in wait seconds later, his devastated widow has revealed.

A three-month-old baby girl was taken to hospital after being showered with glass when a wall at a neighbouring construction site collapsed in the wake of the wild storm in Adelaide overnight on Monday.