Bondi Junction Westfield stabbing: Sky News reporter remembers murdered mother Ash Good

A Sky News reporter has fought back tears while remembering a mother who was stabbed to death along with five other shoppers in a horrific and random attack.

Laura Jayes, 40, was visibly distraught during her live cross from Bondi Junction's Westfield, in Sydney's east, while reporting on the death of beloved osteopath Ash Good, 38.

Dr Good was among the five women and one man who were fatally stabbed by a knifeman, 40, at the busy shopping centre on Saturday afternoon in an attack that has rocked the nation. 

Dr Good and her nine-month-old baby girl, who was also stabbed, were both rushed to hospital.

Tragically, Dr Good died in hospital on Saturday evening while her baby reportedly remains in a critical condition after undergoing surgery.  

Jayes said while she didn't know the five other victims, she did know Dr Good, who was a 'beautiful woman' in the prime of her life.

Laura Jayes, 40, broke down during her live cross from Bondi Junction's Westfield, in Sydney 's east, while reporting on the death of beloved osteopath Ash Good , 38 

Ash Good, 38, and her daughter were stabbed by the knifeman at Bondi Junction on Saturday. Dr Good was unable to be saved while her baby remains in hospital

'She has a beautiful circle of friends, she was an incredible athlete and she had the world at her feet,' an emotional Jayes told host Peter Stefanovic.

'Her family are on their way rushing here now, so many family and friends wanted to be at the hospital this afternoon, they had to take turns going in and out of the waiting room.

'They both (Dr Good and her child) went into surgery, her husband not knowing if either had survived and now the worst possible news.

'I just can't really get my head around it. It's just so cruel.' 

Jayes, who is a mother-of-two, added that Dr Good was an 'incredibly smart' woman whose life was 'ripped away' in a matter of seconds. 

Dr Good and her baby were reportedly among the first victims of the attack, prompting others to immediately come to her aid. 

The nightmare came to an end when a lone policewoman tracked the attacker down and shot him dead on the fifth level of the complex. 

Dr Good's baby underwent surgery on Saturday evening and remains in hospital

Dr Good desperately threw her baby towards a stranger in an attempt to save her, who then used clothes from a nearby store to stem her bleeding.

Jayes struggled to comprehend the horror of a new mum having to hand over her newborn to somebody she did not know.

'If you have a new baby... you're with that baby all the time and for her to... I can't imagine her needing to hand over the most precious thing in her life,' Jayes said.

'It's hard to know what to say in these circumstances because you want to convey it and do her life justice and you want her baby to know one day what an incredible mother she was, but at the same time I don't want to betray the trust and the privacy of her family right now but I can't even imagine what they're going through.'

A bystander who took hold of Dr Good's baby girl said he saw both the mother and infant had been stabbed.

'The mum came over with the baby and threw it at me,' the man told Nine News.

'I just helped by holding the baby... and trying to compress the baby.'

The man and his brother stayed with the mother and called emergency services.

'(It was) very bad... a lot of the blood on the floor... I hope the baby's alright,' the other brother said.

The attacker, 40, was shot dead by a lone policewoman on the fifth level of the shopping complex

Dr Good was recently married and Jayes said she was an 'incredible athlete' with lots of friends

Dr Good was in the 'prime of her life' when she was fatally stabbed 

Just hours before the horror unfolded, Dr Good posted a photo to Instagram with her daughter in her arms.

The photo was compared to another image of when she was pregnant. 

'Only because I was walking past and happened to be wearing the same thing 9 months out vs 9 months in etc etc,' the caption read.

Eight people remain in hospital following the attack.

NSW Police believe the man was acting alone and was known to police.

There is no ongoing risk to the community. 

READ MORE: Bondi Junction incident as it happened

Seven people are dead following a terrifying stabbing attack at Sydney's Bondi Junction Westfield shopping centre on Saturday afternoon