Thanks very much for reading Need to Know this Wednesday, April 24. Here are some of today’s biggest headlines:

• Top Sydney silk Bret Walker, SC, has been approached to represent tech billionaire Elon Musk in his battle against Australia’s eSafety commissioner on May 10, following a hearing in Sydney.
• Billionaire Elon Musk has labelled Jacqui Lambie an “enemy of the people” over her criticism of his social media platform X.

• Seven alleged members of a religiously motivated violent extremist group have been arrested over a teenager’s stabbing of an Orthodox Christian bishop.

• Star’s former chief executive, Robbie Cooke, has told an inquiry into whether the company should regain its Sydney casino licence that he was trying to co-operate with the casino regulator.
• Hundreds of protesters descended on Woodside’s annual general meeting in Perth, demanding board renewal and a more aggressive decarbonisation strategy from the gas giant.
• ASIO boss Mike Burgess says there is a “50 per cent chance” that a terrorist act is being planned in Australia in the next 12 months.
• Woodside Energy chairman Richard Goyder was re-elected.