Can I knock this wall down??

Just bought an apartment and to pass the time until settlement I am running over a few renovation/layout ideas for the bathroom/laundry as the current layout is a bit of a mess..

Bit of background: it's a ground floor brick apartment (strata title) built in the late 60's early 70's. 5 apartments on ground floor with 5 above. Based on a couple of viewings I've established that all walls are solid (assuming rendered brick) and concrete floor. I would assume that the floor above is concrete with plasterboard ceiling below (lack of knowledge in Aussie construction methods).

I've attached a rough! sketch of the current layout. My first idea is to divide the bathroom, adjust position of the shower and washing machine creating a separate bathroom and laundry room. In order to maximise space I would like to knock down the WC wall and adjust the position of the toilet. My concern would be whether or not the WC wall is loadbearing or not? Not sure of the layout of apartment above.

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!

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