A man has been charged after robbing a bottle shop while armed with a firearm then driving off and crashing into four parked cars near Fremantle.

A 20-year-old from Sydney's northern beaches has been labelled "vile" by the NSW government after he allegedly assaulted a man in Sydney's CBD on Saturday night.

Police say a woman who was sexually and physically assaulted in Perth's CBD could have been more seriously injured if not for members of the public intervening.

A 17-year-old boy has been stabbed, and hit with a tree branch and a skateboard when five other male teens attacked him on Sydney's upper north shore.

A man has been charged after debris from his truck allegedly struck a car fatally injuring a woman in western NSW.

* AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEARJAMES MUECKE AMAdelaide eye surgeon James Muecke has dedicated his career to blindness prevention and ophthalmic research.

A bushfire in Perth's northern suburbs is being treated as suspicious, with police seeking footage of a car seen in the area.

A driver has been nabbed four times the blood-alcohol limit with her daughter in the car in Victoria's Gippsland region.

A 27-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of his four-month-old son.

A case of the deadly coronavirus has been confirmed in Victoria.Health Minister Jenny Mikakos said on Saturday morning a case of the respiratory condition had been confirmed in a man who last week returned from China.