PHUKET: The Phuket Tourist Association (PTA) earlier this week awarded 100,000 baht to provincial and regional police for bringing the killers of Australian travel agent Michelle Smith to justice. The handover was made at a small ceremony on the PTA office at the bypass road in Rassada on Tuesday. Read article
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A WOMAN is being flown from Rockhampton to Brisbane after a high degree of exposure to a foal that died of Hendra virus. Queensland Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said the woman would be assessed at the Princess Alexandra Hospital and a decision made about whether to give her an experimental antibody treatment. Read article
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A CLIFFTOP search in rain and high winds for a missing tourist ended happily last night.A woman, believed to be an American visitor aged in her 60s, was found about 8.30pm on a track above the seal colony at Cape Bridgewater. Read article
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An American tourist who had all her belongings stolen from a Christchurch car park is “surprised someone would be so brazen”. Eliza Parsons, 26, has been travelling around Samoa and New Zealand for the last five weeks and arrived in Christchurch on Saturday to spend time with her friend before returning home. Read Article
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shark attack toll of five deaths in 10 months Western Australia’s reputation as the world’s deadliest place for shark attacks is hurting tourism and the federal government should consider lifting the ban on fishing of great whites, the state government says. Read Article
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The influenza season is hitting Australia especially hard, with twice the number of diagnosed cases and hospital admissions, according to experts. If you were hoping to avoid a nasty flu this winter, don’t hold your breath. Experts are warning that the influenza virus has hit Australia especially hard this season and the worst is yet […]
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An Irish man says he is lucky to be alive after being attacked by a shark while paddling on a surf ski off the west coast of Australia. Martin Kane, 62, was with a group of friends in the sea near Perth at around 7.15am last Wednesday when a shark launched itself at his craft, […]
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American tourist has been killed in a shark attack off the West Australian coast near Rottnest Island
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Six young Australians could face extradition within weeks over the death of a man in Peru. The matter is reportedly still being investigated, although police in Miraflores refused to provide any further details to The World Today. But Wilber Rodriguez Vilchez says extradition orders will be filed within weeks. “Well, the documents have gone to […]
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A family involved in a serious crash in Victoria’s north this morning were Singaporean nationals who had only been in Australia for a few days. A nine-year-old boy was killed and five others were injured when the van smashed into a tree on the Hume Freeway at Northwood, near Seymour, at 7am this morning. Two […]
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