Four people are dead and at least 20 have been injured in a terrorist attack near the UK's Houses of Parliament in central London, with a car running down pedestrians before the driver stabbed a policeman.
A counter-terrorism investigation is underway in London after an attacker used a car to run down pedestrians on Westminster Bridge before stabbing a policeman to death in the grounds of the Houses of Parliament.
Eyewitnesses describe scenes of terror, confusion and bravery after some of central London's tourist landmarks become the backdrop to a deadly terrorist attack.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says no Australians have been killed or injured in the London attack, which looks set to dominate Federal Parliament this morning. Follow live.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrives in Canberra for a five-day visit focussed on strengthening China's economic relationship with Australia, and positioning his country as a bulwark against rising protectionism.
A mother whose 22-month-old son died after being left in the back of her car on a hot summer's day was suffering from "forgotten baby syndrome" due to a lack of sleep and stress, a coroner hears.
A seriously disabled man in Tasmania was regularly locked outside in a courtyard by support workers and once pushed into a pool in an effort to calm him down.
The UN children's agency UNICEF is calling the selling of Cambodian breast milk by Utah-based firm Ambrosia Labs exploitation following reports the Phnom Penh government has suspended exports of the milk.
Rape and Domestic Violence Services Australia, which began a highly successful phone counselling service 50 years ago, is facing possible closure in July.
A Perth father who doused his children in petrol and set one alight told their mother he "cannot remember any of what happened on that night" and would "live with it for the rest of his life" in a letter from prison.
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