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A woman has suffered critical stomach injuries after a car driven by an 89-year-old ploughed into a cafe at North Epping in Sydney's northwest.

Scott Morrison is confident Australia can get through a global coronavirus pandemic without a high death toll as his government prepares to ramp up the response to the crisis.

A woman has allegedly been caught with 40 bags of cocaine hidden inside her bra while in a car in Sydney's inner Kings Cross district.

A 14-year-old boy is facing attempted murder charges over a knife attack on two younger pupils at a Queensland school.

Canada will no longer provide security for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle once the couple are no longer working members of the British royal family in the coming weeks, the Canadian government says.

Australia's travel ban on people coming from China has been extended for a further week as the government enacted an emergency response plan to deal with the coronavirus.

The mayor of NT outback town Katherine hopes a compensation settlement will comfort residents worried about chemicals used in firefighting foam from the local air force base.

An employee has opened fire at one of the largest breweries in the US, killing five fellow workers before taking his own life, police say.

A doctor of Asian appearance at a Victorian hospital was told by parents to stay away from a child amid fears of the coronavirus, while other staff and patients have reported discrimination.

An Adelaide man who killed his wheelchair-bound wife by pushing her into a pond in an "evil and despicable act" has been jailed for at least 25 years.