Workplace Safety & Accountability: A coroner has found Australia’s Treasury “materially contributed” to the suicide of personal assistant Chloe Moffat after flawed handling of disciplinary proceedings, warning of future civil service deaths. Justice in the North: In Queensland, the sole survivor of a 2022 outback shooting will give evidence in the murder trial of Darryl Valroy Young, charged over the deaths of three family members. Union Leadership: Melissa Donnelly is set to succeed Sally McManus as national secretary of the ACTU, with a focus on cost-of-living priorities and workplace protections. Digital Rights & Regulation: Meta has been hit with another $567m penalty in New Mexico over failures to protect children on Instagram and Facebook, with court-ordered changes to features for under-18s. Sports Governance: Geelong’s Kolodjashnij concussion-related agreement is under AFL scrutiny after the club admitted it wasn’t lodged properly and included a waiver line. Tech & Compliance: Xbox will require Australians to verify age to access 18+ games, while an AI agent case shows how gym booking systems can be hacked via weak protections. Bizarre Police Call-Out: A suitcase “murder” scare in rural NSW turned out to be a realistic sex doll.