Hundreds of food products, including beef and oranges, are now exempted from US trade tariffs, according to an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Friday.

The US president added that he also planned to raise the issue with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

A 33-year-old woman and her unborn baby have died after being hit by a car that had been involved in a crash with another vehicle at the entrance of a car park in Hornsby.

Seventeen schools were shut down on Friday after concerns about asbestos exposure. The reopening of one of the schools has been fast-tracked.

The AFP has raided homes and businesses across Darwin after a tip-off that a Defence employee, his wife, and a director of a building firm were allegedly involved in a fraudulent scheme to steer multi-million-dollar defence building contracts their way.

After their homecoming Fed Square gig was cancelled over security fears, Amyl and the Sniffers put $5,000 behind the bar at seven live music venues around Melbourne.