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Brittany Higgins will meet separately with Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese this afternoon. 

The meeting with the Prime Minister will canvas a variety of matters, including the support given to her immediately after the alleged rape, and whether his staff had briefed the media with information about her partner.

Higgins had expressed disappointment at how long it took for the meeting to be arranged, after the Prime Minister initially offered to do so in March.

An online survey of 368 Australian disability support workers found that only half were confident in getting the COVID-19 vaccine.

Disability support workers have been encouraged to get the vaccine under phase 1b of the rollout to protect themselves and the vulnerable people they work with.

Lead author of the survey, Anne Kavanagh, said the survey found that out of those uncertain about the vaccine, 68% percent felt there was inadequate data about safety.

Head of a Queensland domestic violence taskforce, Margaret McMurdo, says women’s experiences of reporting abuse to police will be taken as part of the review into the criminal justice system. 

Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence, Shannon Fentiman, says public submissions for written, typed, or recorded testimonies are now open.

McMurdo says nothing is ruled out in terms of what the taskforce will investigate.

Former Logan City Council CEO Sharon Kelsey has lost her unfair dismissal case after alleging councillors plotted to sack her as revenge for reporting possible misconduct. 

The 2019 accusation led to the entire Council losing their jobs before the charges were dropped a few weeks ago. 

Queensland Industrial Relations Commission Deputy President Daniel O’Connor says there is no evidence of councillors being motivated by a political reason to fire Kelsey. 

Tourism Tropical North Queensland is partnering with the Queensland Government to offer tourism vouchers to 5000 tourists as part of the Cairns Holiday Dollars program.

Each voucher will be worth $200, and they will be distributed to tourists already holidaying in the region using Facebook’s audience targeting tools. 

This initiative aims to stimulate tourism spending in the area. Assistant Tourism Minister and Member for Cairns, Michael Healy, says tourism businesses across the region have reaped very real benefits from the Holiday Dollars program.

Prosecutors are proceeding with their case against an ATO whistle-blower. 

Former debt collector at the ATO Richard Boyle is facing charges for aiding the ABC and Fairfax Media in their investigations into the ATOs heavy handed tactics used to recover debts from small business owners. 

Mr Boyle will be pleading not guilty to offences that include, using listening devices to listen to private conversations and disclosing protected information. 

If Mr Boyle is found guilty of all offences he faces the possibility of one hundred and sixty one years in prison.

The CSIRO released a roadmap for Australia to produce ethical and sustainable edible insects. 

CSIRO entomologist Bryan Lessard said the report draws on expertise from First Nations groups, international scientists, and food processing industry leaders.

CSIRO’s lead professor Michelle Colgrave said the aim is to grow Australia’s protein industry by $10 billion over five years.

Pop singer Toni Childs is preparing to sing underwater to raise money for the Great Barrier Reef.

The underwater concert on the Great Barrier Reef will take place in July, using an underwater bubble helmet to sing underwater, and custom speakers that can play underwater.

Child's hopes to inspire people around the world to invest in restoring not only the Great Barrier Reef, but reef systems around the world.

Childs will be accompanied by a team of scientists and funds from the concert will go towards reef research. 

Toowoomba farmer, John Cameron, says that sorghum farmers in New South Wales and Queensland are having their harvests contaminated by mouse droppings.

Mouse faeces is left by mice that crawl up to eat the unripened grain, and is inadvertently collected during harvest. Farmers have trialled methods of sifting out the droppings with little success.

Even the tiniest contamination renders the product unsellable, given stringent regulations imposed by Graincorp, the main grain handler of Australia’s East Coast.