ACT Housing & Heritage Costs: The ACT is stuck with the heritage-listed Callam Offices in Woden, with refurbishment estimates up to $128m and $1.782m in upkeep costs over two years—while heritage limits could make a private sale and adaptive reuse tough. US Defence Footprint: New mapping says the US has control of or access to 110 defence facilities across Australia, raising fresh questions about “saturation” of Australian territory. Listed Property & Payments: Macquarie’s DEFT will stop accepting debit/credit card rent and strata payments, leaving many tenants and owners scrambling just as card surcharges are removed. Rental Affordability Debate: Western Australia’s rent-cap push is criticised as the wrong fix for a supply shortage, with arguments that caps reduce rental housing supply and worsen long waits. Construction Skills Pressure (WA): WA’s housing delivery is constrained by skilled labour shortages—carpenters, bricklayers, electricians, plumbers and civil workers—so targeted skilled migration is flagged as key. Construction Collapse Watch: Bathla Group’s $3.4b collapse is framed as a warning on construction quality, regulation patchwork, and bank reluctance to fund new builds. Cat Curfews (Vic): Councils across Victoria are tightening containment rules, with some catios and enclosures costing over $2,000. Data Centres & Planning: Thailand pauses 49 data centres after concerns they’re being approved as warehouses, exposing a regulatory gap—an issue with clear parallels for Australia’s build boom.