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A single question about sexuality will be included in the 2026 census, after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reversed the original decision on the matter. LGBTIQ+ advocacy groups have welcomed the concession, but say the survey must also include trans and gender-diverse Australians.

Victoria's Chief Heath Officer Doctor Clare Looker says there's a need to lift the mpox vaccination rate among at risk people. 353 people have contracted mpox in Australia this year with the disease being spread through sexual activity. People who identify as LGBTIQ+ are considered most at risk of being infected. The outbreak in Australia is less severe than the type that's causing serious illness and deaths in Central Africa which is known as clade 1b. Greg Dyett asked Doctor Looker about that more severe strain and how Victoria would respond if there was a clade 1b case detected in her jurisdiction.

The New South Wales government has pledged support for all the recommendations of a world-first birth trauma inquiry. But mothers and advocates in the space say they are disappointed by a lack of urgent commitment to continuity of midwifery care models.