Complaints of bullying and sexual assault within the firefighting organisation have been suppressed or ignored, women have told The Age.

The internal document outlining potential cost and timeline concerns was tabled to NSW Parliament less than 24 hours before a scathing Infrastructure Australia found the benefits of the project did not justify its $11 billion price tag.

Complaints of bullying and sexual assault within the firefighting organisation have been suppressed or ignored, women have told The Age.

A brutal period in Victoria’s history is set to be retold as part of the upcoming Yoo-rrook Justice Commission, the state government’s truth-telling inquiry into the wrongs committed against Aboriginal people since white settlement.

Former ABC managing director Mark Scott will have to navigate the “thinly-disguised prejudice between academics and non-academic staff” when he becomes vice-chancellor.