Skin Cancer Awareness: A Goulburn Valley clinic is urging regular skin checks, reminding Australians that skin cancer is common but often highly treatable when caught early. NAIDOC Week Health & Community: National NAIDOC Awards finalists include Indigenous leaders and youth advocates, with the theme “50 years of deadly” spotlighting community impact and wellbeing. Conversion Practices Ban (Tasmania): Equality Tasmania backs a Tasmanian Greens bill to prohibit conversion practices, citing research linking them to worse mental health outcomes. Trans Healthcare Survey: Trans Justice Project is inviting trans and gender-diverse Australians to shape a national trans health survey, aiming to improve access to gender-affirming care. Bird Flu Watch (NSW): NSW authorities sent a dead giant petrel from a Sydney beach for H5N1 testing and urged people to keep buying chicken and eggs as usual while surveillance ramps up. Hospital Services Disruption (WA): Mount Private Hospital in Perth faces a planned shutdown for fire system upgrades, raising union concerns about staff pay and entitlements. Cancer Detection Gap: A sarcoma story highlights how rare cancers can be missed and why earlier recognition matters. Workforce & Imaging (Fiji): Korovou Hospital in Tailevu is expected to restore X-ray services by year-end after infrastructure upgrades and staffing efforts. Problem Gambling (NSW): NSW Labor is moving toward tougher pokies policy, including a moratorium on new machines and plans to significantly reduce numbers over 10 years.