ABC.net.au reports that police say a man swept off rocks while fishing near Carnarvon, 1,000 kilometres north of Perth, ignored warning signs that the section of coast was extremely dangerous. The man, believed to be a Malaysian tourist, was swept into the ocean while fishing with a friend near Quobba station yesterday morning. Read article
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Yahoo News Australia reports that two teenagers have been charged after allegedly hitting a tourist in the face with a concrete block on a Sydney bus. Police say the 28-year-old French tourist intervened in a fight on a bus at Bondi Junction around 12:30am on Sunday morning. The driver ordered a group of males off […]
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Canberratimes.com reports that nine asylum seekers have died after their boat capsized north-west of Christmas Island, prompted renewed criticism of Australia’s response to boats in distress. A Customs and Border Protection surveillance aircraft sighted the people in the water. Read article
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According to a theherlad.com.au report, a strong wave surge has been blamed for killing a 60-year-old woman while she was walking along Shoal Bay Beach in Port Stephens at the weekend. The woman, understood to be from Londonderry in Sydney’s west, was reportedly walking along the west end of the beach when she was knocked […]
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Abc.net.au reports that Queensland Health is still searching for people in the state’s far north who may have been exposed to a multi-drug resistant strain of tuberculosis (TB). Last month, a woman died in Cairns Base Hospital while being treated for TB. Chief health officer Jeannette Young says anyone who was in contact with the […]
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According to abc.net.au, a body believed to be that of a man reported missing at a remote beach in Western Australia last week has washed ashore. The body was found at Elle’s Beach, south of Coral Bay, shortly after midday today. Police say formal identification will take a number of days but it is believed […]
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Outlookindia.com reports that a 27-year-old Indian-origin man has been injured severely in a horrific hit-and-run incident in Melbourne after the alleged attacker tried to kill him three times. Amandeep Singh was hit by a car when he was taking a walk on Chandler Road, Noble Park, here yesterday, local media reported. After being hit the […]
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theaustralian.com.au reported that a major search has been launched off the New South Wales coast for a young couple missing overboard from a cruise ship. The alert was issued after the cruise ship Carnival Spirit docked in Sydney today after a 10-day Pacific voyage. Authorities were unable to find a 30-year-old man and 27-year-old woman, […]
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As reported by theislanderonline.com.au, “The small communities of Island Beach and Sapphiretown kicked into action on Saturday morning when tourist Patricia Russell, 79, was reported missing by her son. It appeared Ms Russell had wandered off from their tourist accommodation in the early hours of the morning and become disorientated…A paramedic was dropped to the […]
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Theaustralian.com.au reported that an Australian man has been shot and killed and a woman gang-raped by a mob in Papua New Guinea’s Western Highlands. Robert “Bob” Purdy, 62, from Melbourne, died instantly after being shot at point blank range yesterday morning when a group of up to 10 men confronted them at a coffee plantation […]
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