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Girl, 13, taken to hospital with minor injuries after suspected shark attack at Bargara beach in BundabergGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA teenage girl has been taken to hospital after being injured in a suspected shark attack in Queensland’s north.Paramedics were called to Bargara beach in Bundaberg on Friday afternoon after reports of a shark attack.Sign up...

Four-metre shark euthanised after becoming beached on shore at Kingscliff on Tweed CoastFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA great white shark washed up on to a beach on the New South Wales north coast, shocking locals and attracting a crowd of beachgoers.The 4m shark was seen swimming close to...

Attack on juvenile is thought to be first known time a lone orca has hunted down a great whiteIt is a smash and grab that has stunned scientists: in less than two minutes, a killer whale attacked and consumed a great white shark before swimming off with the victim’s liver in its mouth.Experts say the event off the coast of Mossel Bay in South...

St John Ambulance WA spokesperson says two rescue crews dispatched to town 220km north of PerthFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA woman in her 40s has been attacked by a tiger shark at a small island near Jurien Bay in Western Australia.The woman was bitten by a two-metre tiger...

Family of Lauren O’Neill told ‘we believe a NSW Ambulance staff member was responsible’ for leak after St Vincent’s hospital launched investigationGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA New South Wales ambulance staff member is responsible for leaking an image of a shark bite victim’s injuries from inside the hospital, the state’s health department has revealed.NSW Ambulance said...

Footage of a tiger shark caught in drum lines being euthanised renews debate about shark control measures used since the 1960sFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastMore than 700 marine animals – including nine dolphins – were killed by shark nets and drum lines off Queensland’s coast last year, according...

Authorities had begun hunting sharks after a series of attacks in 2023 and say they will appeal the decisionA court in New Caledonia’s capital Noumea has ordered authorities to stop culling sharks, a practice brought in after a series of attacks last year, one of which killed an Australian tourist.The administrative court said that the systematic culls were “disproportionate in regard to the aim...

Khai Cowley, 15, was killed by a suspected great white shark off Ethel beach on the Yorke PeninsulaA teenage boy killed in a shark attack off the coast of South Australia has been remembered as a talented and dearly loved member of the surfing community.The 15-year-old, identified by friends and a family member as Khai Cowley, was mauled by a suspected great white while...

Body recovered from ocean off Dhilba Guuranda-Innes national park on the Yorke PeninsulaA teenage boy has died after a shark attack near Ethel Beach in South Australia, police say.At 1.30pm on Thursday police received reports of a shark attack in Dhilba Guuranda-Innes national park, on the Yorke Peninsula. Continue reading...