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.
Mixed local reactions to an international arrest warrant against the Israeli Prime Minister; A man under police guard after stabbing a woman in Melbourne; Parramatta fails to lure Wayne Bennett away from Souths.
Limited flights announced to evacuate Australians from New Caledonia; The government still calling for the release of Julian Assange after the latest UK court ruling; Matildas captain Sam Kerr out of the Paris Olympics.