Morning News Bulletin 23 March 2024

Concern that terror labels are leaving multicultural communities on edge; Subsidies being expanded to a lifesaving breast cancer drug; Surfing legend Kelly Slater puts on a show on the first day of the Gold Coast Pro.

Australians are paying more than ever for petrol; Guinea-Bissau cancels registries of Freedom Flotilla ships preventing departure to Gaza; and Rafael Nadal defeats Alex de Minaur at the Madrid Open.

Australia announces more aid for Ukraine; Israel says a ceasefire deal would defer its planned incursion into Rafah; and Rafael Nadal defeats Alex de Minaur at the Madrid Open.

Two dead in separate stabbing attacks in New South Wales; Labor announces a national gun register on the eve of the Port Arthur massacre anniversary; Carlos Alcaraz opens his Madrid Open title defence in convincing fashion.

A wave of pro-Palestinian student protests reach Australian universities; rally organiser calls for government to declare nationwide emergency for violence against women; and Chelsea boss Emma Hayes says her side must perform perfectly to defeat Barcelona.

A sixth teenager charged following a counter-terror operation in Sydney; King Charles III to return to public duties following a period of Cancer treatment; and in football, the Central Coast Mariners to face a tough challenge against the Newcastle Jets.

Family, friends and politicians mourn the security guard killed in the Bondi stabbing attack, Growing calls for a national domestic violence strategy, Manchester City keep their hunt for a fourth straight Premier League title alive.

Australian Islamic community leaders once again condemn the response by authorities to the church stabbing attack, Former Australian of the Year Rosie Batty calls for a royal commission into domestic violence in New South Wales, Australia welcomes independent review into 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive to a banned substance.

Harvey Weinstein's 2020 sexual assault and rape conviction overturned by New York's highest court; Muslim community leaders accuse police of stoking Islamophobia in Sydney; and high-flying Ryoyu Kobayashi of Japan has set a record for the longest ski jump.

Authorities rush to save more than 100 beached whales in Western Australia, The Deputy Prime Minister addresses an Anzac Day dawn service in Gallipoli, The administrator for the financially stricken Melbourne Rebels recommends a deal to save the club.