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- 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
- The Sydney Swans deliver a stunning 53-point victory over the Gold Coast Suns
A nine-month-old baby has been released from hospital more than a week after being wounded in the stabbing attack in Sydney's Bondi Junction.
New South Wales Health Minister Ryan Park says the baby will continue receiving care from doctors after being discharged.
The news of the release came as the community gathered to mourn the victims of Australia's worst mass killing in years with a candlelit vigil at Bondi Beach.
Speaking at the vigil, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says both the lives lost and those who loved them are in the hearts and minds of the nation.
"We think of everyone still trying to come to terms with a hole in their life loved one should be, to the families and friends who are here with us, and to all who are with us in spirit. Please know this, that every Australian is thinking of you. We are with you as a community, as a country, today, tomorrow, and always."
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The Albanese government is set to announce the largest single tender for renewable energy in Australia.
The national Capacity Investment Scheme will target 6 Gigawatts of new variable renewable energy projects for the National Electricity Market.
The Albanese and Minns governments have also signed a new deal to deliver more renewables for New South Wales households and businesses, with at least 2.2 gigawatts of renewable energy specifically for the state, enough to power over 1 million households.
South Australian projects will be exclusively dedicated to delivering three hundred megawatts for renewable energy.
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The government has criticised Elon Musk after his company X refused to remove graphic footage and false theories related to Sydney's recent stabbing attacks.
Australia's eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant has issued formal orders to social media companies to remove material circulating online after the attacks in a Bondi shopping centre and Wakeley church.
X responded by vowing to fight what it calls the "unlawful and dangerous" mandate in court, with Mr Musk also criticising the requests.
Agriculture Minister Murray Watt has told Sky News Mr Musk is out of step with public expectations.
"Quite frankly I think the public's had a gutful of these narcissistic billionaires who think they are above the law. They have a social responsibility to do the right thing by their consumers, they're not doing it. They have a social responsibility as producers and disseminators of information to do the right thing by the public. They make a lot of money off the public - billions of dollars a year - and I think they owe us all a responsibility and they should comply with the laws like everyone else does."
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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will fight any sanctions imposed by the United States on Israeli military units for alleged rights violations.
US media have reported President Joe Biden is considering sanctions against an IDF battalion accused of human rights violations in the occupied West Bank.
Tension is increasing in the West Bank, where the Palestinian Red Crescent says it has recovered the bodies of 14 people killed in an Israeli raid on a refugee camp last week.
Israel's military says it has deployed forces along the entire length of Israel's borders ahead of the start of the Passover holiday on Monday evening.
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The jury that chose Indigenous artist Archie Moore for one of the art world's most prestigious prizes says his work offers a glimmer of hope as well as acknowledging the loss and pain in First Nations history.
The Kamilaroi and Bigambul artist has won the Golden Lion at the 60th Venice Biennale - often called the "Olympics of the art world" - for his installation "kith and kin".
The work includes a hand-drawn family tree in chalk, tracing more than 2,400 generations, as well as a floating installation featuring more than 500 documents that reference Indigenous deaths in custody.
The international jury president Julia Bryan-Wilson says the work was chosen for its powerful representation of shared loss.
"In this quietly powerful pavilion, Archie Moore worked for months to hand draw with chalk a monumental first nations family tree. Thus 65,000 years of history, both recorded and lost are inscribed on the dark walls as well as on the ceiling, asking viewers to fill in blanks and take in the inherent fragility of this mournful archive."
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In AFL, the Sydney Swans have delivered a stunning 53 point win over the Gold Coast Suns, kicking eight consecutive goals in the second half of the game.
The game ended 110 to 57 in a bitter defeat for the Suns, who thrashed Hawthorn by the same margin last week.
Tom Papley was the star of the show with three goals from 13 touches sending the 35,000 strong crowd into a frenzy.
