Accused murderer Naveed Akram is facing a court hearing from his hospital bed charged with 59 offences over the Bondi Beach shootings which killed 15 people.
The US stock market drifted through a mixed day of trading overnight after reports on the economy did little to clear uncertainty about where interest rates may be heading.
Miners have led Australia's stock market higher, helping the bourse snap a three-session losing streak after a US interest rate cut sparked a rally in raw materials.
Wall Street closed higher overnight, after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter percentage point and signalled that it will likely put further rate cuts on pause for now.
US stocks largely held in place overnight as Wall Street waits to hear what the Federal Reserve will say Wednesday about where interest rates are heading.
Profit-taking in raw materials and energy stocks have dragged the bourse lower, ahead of a huge week for central bank meetings in different parts of the globe.
US stocks have closed out the trading week with slight gains on Friday as the latest flurry of economic data kept elevated expectations for a Federal Reserve interest rate cut.