Morning News Bulletin 16 April 2024

Bondi stabbing victim Jade Young farewelled at a memorial service, Plans for a second safe injection room in Melbourne abandoned, Wally Lewis has made an impassioned plea for further funding into concussion and traumatic brain injuries research

The Prime Minister pays tribute to Australia's second world war soldiers killed in Papua New Guinea, The UK Parliament passes the Rwanda bill, Fourteen year-old Arisa Trew honoured at Laureus Awards.

The Prime Minister marks ANZAC Day with a four-day visit to Papua New Guinea; an independent review says Israel yet to provide evidence of allegations against UNRWA, and in football, Australia's longest-serving Matilda discusses preparations for the Olympics.

Vows of tougher regulation after social media platform X refuses to remove Sydney stabbing material, Student loan debt relief considered in the upcoming federal budget, Victorian politicians disappointed the state won't host 2026 Women's Asian Cup.

Opposition leader Peter Dutton criticised for not releasing details of the Coalition's nuclear policy, Palestinian crews exhume 210 bodies from a mass grave in Gaza, And in sport, Australian cycling star Grace Brown claims the biggest win of her career.

A baby wounded in the Bondi stabbing attack has been discharged from hospital; the Albanese government to announce Australia's largest single renewable energy project, and in AFL, the Sydney Swans deliver a stunning 53-point victory over the Gold Coast Suns.

Calls for a crackdown on social media posts after two Sydney stabbing attacks; At least one dead in a Japanese military helicopter crash; Swimming Australia investigating after revelations about Chinese athletes at the Tokyo Olympics.

A candlelit vigil to honour Bondi Westfield victims to be held today; fourteen Palestinians and a paramedic killed in the West Bank; and Australian triathlete Luke Willian boosts his Paris Olympics hopes, winning the World Cup round in Wollongong.

Brittany Higgins breaks her silence following the ruling in the Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial; the United States House of Representatives approves a multi-billion dollar military aid package for Ukraine; and in tennis, Stefanos Tsitsipas defeats Serbia's Dusan Lajovic in the Barcelona Open.

A man killed in a collision with a bus in western New South Wales; Thousands evacuated from the path of a volcano in Indonesia; Olympic officials not worried about French plans to use artificial intelligence for Paris Games security.