Freight & resilience: The Albanese government has opened the A$52m TRACK programme’s first round, offering up to A$26m to rail operators for shifting extra containerised freight (payments tied to loaded TEU above a baseline), with projects due by 30 June 2027 and applications closing 1 October 2026. Migration fight: One Nation has unveiled plans to cut temporary migration by 750,000 over three years, claiming it will ease housing and public-service pressure; Labor and business groups warn it would “smash” the economy, worsen skills shortages and force hospitals and aged care to close. Productivity pressure: The Business Council of Australia says Australia is heading for the worst productivity decade since 1960 unless major reforms lift growth and real incomes. Whyalla steel jobs: Whyalla’s blast furnace is being shut down for good, putting about 500 jobs at risk, with governments announcing a transition package. AI & sovereignty: Coalition frontbencher Andrew Hastie says Australia risks becoming a “supplicant state” in the AI arms race unless it secures a sovereign frontier model. Business & property: LJ Hooker’s foundation is partnering with A Home for All to back homelessness support through to end-2028, while a new buyers’ agents operating system aims to cut software fragmentation.