Health & Housing: The Greens are pressing Victoria to fund cohealth’s Collingwood redevelopment, warning GP and counselling closures will follow if the state doesn’t restart a shovel-ready plan that was promised but never delivered. AI & Privacy: Victorian Greens also warn patient data could be sent to Palantir, urging urgent transparency on how AI will be used in public hospitals and what safeguards will protect sensitive health information. Child Protection: Queensland will remove children under five from residential care after a Commission of Inquiry found serious failures, with reforms including licensing changes and a stronger “best interests” focus. Aged Care Funding: Senate estimates heard there’s no “drop-dead date” for moving the Commonwealth Home Support Program into Support at Home, leaving 860,000 older people facing uncertainty beyond mid-2027. Medicare & Competition: A Labor senator alleges some doctors may be coordinating “cartel behaviour” to avoid joining a $8.5b Medicare scheme, while health officials say there’s no evidence. AUKUS Governance: Defence and Labor face renewed scrutiny after changes to the submarine deal, with a public inquiry led by Peter Garrett and calls for clearer risk management. Pacific Diplomacy: Solomon Islands’ new PM Matthew Wale says he will review the secretive China security pact and pursue a “reset” with Australia, as both sides move toward a comprehensive treaty. Parliamentary Integrity: The Albanese government’s secrecy-law overhaul faces a major hurdle as reforms would give the attorney-general a veto over prosecutions of journalists. LGBTQIA+ Protections: NSW has passed hate-crime reforms expanding “post and boast” offences and adding new offences targeting luring via dating apps.