Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann has revealed that missed calls from his then girlfriend made him leave the parliamentary suite and not check on Brittany Higgins when he left without saying goodbye. The man accused of raping Ms Higgins – who has always denied the allegation – was grilled onContinue Reading
Queer activist Deni Todorovic’s Australian Fashion Week woes have continued, with the social media influencer being denied entry to an event by someone they “thought was a friend”. The non-binary 34-year-old, who goes by they/them pronouns, was forced to spend Wednesday night in their Sydney hotel room after security guardsContinue Reading
A Sydney DJ has accused security at a popular pub in the city’s south of “manhandling” him and throwing him onto the street, all because of one clothing item. Matty Ferguson, also known as DJ Flexy Ferg, claimed the incident unfolded at the Miranda Hotel last month when he wasContinue Reading
A Maori woman has vowed to take a Brisbane pub to the human rights watchdog after she claimed they were racist by refusing her entry due to her facial cultural symbols. Juanita McNamara claims she was denied entry into popular Irish pub Finn McCool’s on Sunday night because of whatContinue Reading
A McDonald’s restaurant on a busy city night-life strip has “finally” taken extra precautions to ensure the safety of customers and staff after several “vile and abusive” incidents. SafeWork SA ordered the fast-food company to install safety screens in the Hindley St store in Adelaide’s CBD which operates 24 hoursContinue Reading
Bruce Lehrmann received an anonymous email reading “coming for you” and warning him of “what might be around the corner” – weeks before Brittany Higgins’ rape allegation was made public. That’s according to an exhibit among a pile of Federal Court documents publicly released on Friday as part of MrContinue Reading
A Melbourne council has come under fire after voting in a controversial change to the way rate payers are billed for rubbish collection, with the mayor forced to defend its position. On Tuesday night, the City of Yarra Council voted in a proposal to list the cost of waste serviceContinue Reading
Outraged residents have hit out at a waste levy they’ve dubbed a “bin tax”, slamming councillors at a meeting where the new fee was voted in. The City of Yarra Council met on Tuesday night to consider a proposal to list the cost of waste service removal as a separateContinue Reading
Less than 24 hours after a major building company closed up its website and abandoned construction sites, it has called in administrators. On Tuesday afternoon, PBS Building, a multimillion-dollar firm which does a mix of commercial and residential projects across Queensland, NSW and the ACT, officially collapsed. Jonathon Colbran, RichardContinue Reading
Brittany Higgins has lashed out as the “private contents” of her diary were leaked after the material was sent to police to investigate her sexual assault allegation. Ms Higgins said a photograph she took on her phone of her diary entry was submitted to police to help them form theContinue Reading