NSW Police Minister Yasmin Catley told Nine's Today show that Inspector Amy Scott's "training just clicked in" when she confronted Joel Cauchi after he fatally stabbed and wounded several shoppers. 

"She's a very experienced police officer who just went straight into being a great police [officer] on that spur of the moment," Catley said of the hero cop who shot Cauchi dead. 

"And she said to me that all of her training just clicked in and she did what she knew she had to do."

Catley told Today: "She was exhausted and she was spending time with her family yesterday and today. 

"And she will be interviewed formally tomorrow." 

In a bonus episode of our podcast The Front Page, Sydney-based ABC News reporter Penny Timms joins to give an update on the horrific attack.  

NSW Premier Chris Minns said the NSW Government will be giving $18 million AUS towards the funding of an independent coronial inquest into the tragedy.

He also confirmed at a press conference that a more permanent public memorial will be made, at some point, to remember those killed and injured in the attack. 

"It's an opportunity for the community to commemorate a terrible event," he said.

Minns acknowledged the ongoing support from the Australian public towards those affected - particularly the families of the dead.

"Hopefully, those families can get some solace from the fact that they're not alone." 

The Bondi shopping centre where six innocent people were killed and others injured is due to be reopened, after Police completed their scene examination. 

At a press conference this morning, local time, NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Anthony Cooke said authorities have finished their investigations at the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping mall and had handed it back to staff. 

He acknowledged they had removed many personal effects and items belonging to the deceased, those injured and other members of the public as part of their scene examination and investigation. 

Cooke said up to 900 vehicles owned by members of the public would be able to be accessed again - after people were forced to flee the mall when the attack broke out on Saturday afternoon. 

Cooke also thanked Westfield staff for their co-operation over the weekend as police and emergency services worked at the scene. 

More witnesses of the attack have come forward, NSW Police said. 

But authorities are still appealing to those members of the public who may have vital information to their investigation to come forward. 

Anyone who had witnessed the attack or the offender himself in the mall - and was yet to speak to Police - is being urged to contact authorities immediately via the local CrimeStoppers phone number. 

Australian radio host Ray Hadley has revealed he broke the news to his long-time friend businessman John Singleton, that his daughter had died in the stabbing.

Hadley, a radio host on 2GB, said Singleton texted him to say he feared his daughter Dawn, 25, had been among those killed.

“I rang him and he said, ‘I think my Dawnie is one of those who have lost their lives. I can’t confirm it, can you do something?’” he said on talkback station 3AW.

Hadley contacted numerous officers, including the NSW Police commissioner, and confirmed it was Dawn.

“A beautiful 25-year-old girl I’ve known since she was born.

“I had the job of ringing John back and officially confirming that his dear darling daughter had been stabbed to death by this lunatic.”

A young Chinese student among those killed in the horrific Bondi Junction stabbings had been on the phone with her boyfriend just minutes before the deadly attack.

Yixuan Cheng is said to have been shopping for clothes and sending photos to her partner in China, Daily Mail Australia reported.

The 27-year-old's parents told Chinese media that after ending the call to his girlfriend, he saw the news about the stabbing attack in Sydney soon afterwards and tried calling her back. She never answered.

The couple were planning to get married after Cheng graduated from her studies this year.

Cheng was an economic student studying at the University of Sydney.

Yixuan Cheng was 27 years old.

Australian media said police were trying to contact her family overseas yesterday.

The sixth victim in the Bondi stabbing attack has been named as Yixuan Cheng, a Chinese national student studying in Australia.

6 News Australia has named Cheng as the last victim.