Portfolio — 26 May 2026

Attorney-General Michelle Rowland used 26 May to advance activity across three distinct policy domains — family violence policing reform, the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion, and health policy — with the antisemitism commission theme running as the dominant thread across both her media release and Question Time appearance.

The most consequential announcement was the $4.1 million Commonwealth-funded HEAR training package, which will be delivered to at least 10,000 police officers nationally this year [TA-260526-attorn-3a209867b1fa]. The package sits within the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022–32 and deploys real case studies alongside virtual-reality and 360-degree video technology to improve police identification of coercive control, technology-facilitated abuse, and trauma-informed responses [TA-260526-attorn-3a209867b1fa].

A notable design element is the inclusion of culturally safe policing content for First Nations communities. The package was co-developed with victims and survivors, alongside institutional partners including the Australia New Zealand Policing Advisory Agency, the eSafety Commissioner, and Monash University. The women's health domain connected separately in the parliamentary record, where Rowland reported the national bulk-billing rate has reached 81.9 percent — up 4.6 percentage points year-on-year — with more than 3,800 Medicare bulk-billing practices now operating, including over 1,400 converted from mixed-billing [TA-260526-house-fe3d2ac10a60:s074].

She also flagged an upcoming online women's health forum with Assistant Minister for Women Rebecca White to communicate the $792 million women's health package, noting that since its launch more than 800,000 women have accessed over three million cheaper PBS scripts and 33 endo- and pelvic-pain clinics have been established.

On the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion, Rowland's messaging was consistent across both the ministerial media release and Question Time. In both forums she confirmed the government has accepted all 14 recommendations of the interim report, including five classified recommendations, and will implement them in coordination with state and territory governments [TA-260526-attorn-76c7b4b12420].

Her Question Time answer added procedural detail: the interim report was delivered on 30 April, witness hearings commenced 4 May with a second block beginning 25 May, and more than 12,500 submissions have been received [TA-260526-house-fe3d2ac10a60:s136]. She explained the dual-version structure of the report — a public declassified version and a top-secret version with agency codewords — and confirmed Commissioner Bell issued a non-publication direction under section 63 of the Royal Commissions Act to protect security-classified material.

Recommendations eight through twelve are classified. Implementation of the confidential recommendations is planned through oversight bodies including the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security and the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security. The final report is due 14 December.

The cross-stream consistency on the antisemitism commission — same facts, same framing — signals a deliberate messaging posture for a politically sensitive inquiry.