Uncertainty and transition run through today’s headlines, from policy to public life. In Victoria, newly introduced work-from-home laws are already being portrayed as fragile, with business groups wary and legal scrutiny likely to determine whether the rules ever meaningfully reshape workplace practice. In the state’s far north-west, tensions are also rising on the ground, as bulldozers approach disputed river steps and campaigners dig in, casting the local standoff as part of the larger Murray–Darling Basin debate. Beyond Australia, Nigeria’s police force has made a notable communications reshuffle, with CSP Anietie Iniedu appointed as the new public spokesperson in a move that signals a reset in public-facing leadership. And in the world of sport-entertainment, John Cena is reflecting on legacy with unusual modesty, saying true success would mean WWE fans eventually stop looking back at him and fully embrace the next generation.