- The Prime Minister pays tribute to Australia's second world war soldiers killed in Papua New Guinea.
- The UK Parliaments passes the Rwanda bill...
- Fourteen year-old Arisa Trew honoured at Laureus Awards.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has begun his walk on the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea.
Mr Albanese is the first sitting Australian Prime Minister to walk the trail, which was the site of the Battle of Kokoda in the Second World War.
The walk will culminate with a dawn service on Thursday for ANZAC Day.
As well as honouring the sacrifices of troops who fought on Kokoda, the trip will also centre on forging closer ties with PNG as China seeks to expand its influence in the region.
Britain's Parliament has passed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's controversial bill clearing the way for illegal migrants to be sent to Rwanda.
The bill passed when the unelected House of Lords “recognised the primacy” of the elected House of Commons and dropped the last of its proposed amendments.
Earlier in the day, Mr Sunak told Parliament it would remain in session until the bill was approved.
The legislative stalemate was just the latest hurdle to delay implementation of a plan that has been repeatedly blocked by a series of court rulings and opposition from human rights activists who say it is illegal and inhumane.
James Wilson is Director of Detention Action, a group opposed to the deportations.
"The stakes here couldn't really be higher. There are serious risks to believe, as the UN have said today in relation to... the UNHCR, gave vital evidence to during the lengthy legal process that led to the Supreme Court decisions. There are serious concerns about the Rwandan asylum system and the risks of people if people are moved there. So it's not surprising that have been I would say that there have been significant, lengthy, detailed legal challenges to date."
Mr Sunak says deportation flights will begin in July.
Australian politicians have criticised Elon Musk's response to a take down order by the eSafety commissioner.
Social media platform X was ordered to remove material related to an alleged terror attack at a Western Sydney church last Monday.
Mr Musk, who owns X, raised free speech and jurisdictional concerns over the orders made by the Federal Court.
Social services minister Amanda Rishworth told Chanel 9, Mr Musk must follow Australian law.
"Elon Musk and X need to follow Australian law if they want their platform to operate in Australia. There's a simple message there. We have an eSafety Commissioner that has the protocols to take down material that is not within the bounds or laws in this country. She's done that, and I back her and the Government backs her. So, my message is very clear to Elon Musk and X: follow Australian law."
A new report has found the Australian dream of owning your own home is being crushed by rising rents and over-inflated house prices.
After reviewing more than 45,000 rental listings, Anglicare Australia's rental affordability report has declared the market the worst it has ever been.
The annual report uses thousands of rental property listings on realestate.com.au on a weekend in March or April to compile a snapshot of the rental market across the country.
The report says the national vacancy rate has hit an all-time low of 0.7 per cent while average rents are $200 per week more than pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels.
Katherine Bennell-Pegg has become the first female astronaut to graduate under the Australian flag.
There has never been an Australian woman in space.
Ms Bennell-Pegg started her training with the European Space Agency in Germany in April 2023.
She was one of six astronauts who graduated from the program on Monday.
The program takes astronauts through low-gravity flights, robotics, scientific experiments, survival, medical and other training.
Speaking to Seven's Sunrise, she says she is very grateful for the opportunity.
"To think that today I became an astronaut, better an Australian astronaut and I am space flight ready. So I am really excited for the future but also very grateful. You know being an astronaut is a team sport and I have been well-supported by my family and everyone back home. Thank you to all of them."
Arisa Trew, a 14-year-old skateboarding sensation has become the sole Australian to be honoured at world sport's biggest awards gala.
The Gold Coast youngster was thrilled to be named action sportsperson of the year at the lavish ceremony in Madrid.
Trew was honoured for her pioneering feat at the age of just 13 last year, when she became the first female skater to land a 720 - two full rotations in mid-air - in competition.
She pulled off the iconic manoeuvre, first performed by skating great Tony Hawk in 1985 at the American great's own event - and he was there to applaud Trew as she made history.
"It was really cool because I look up to Tony Hawk so much and I was pretty close to the trick, like landing it, for a while. And then I knew at the competition I wanted to try it and he helped me. He gave me some tips and it was really cool because he's one of my idols. And then when I landed it in front of him I was just so happy because he invented the trick."
