As reported by abc.net.au, “A Canadian tourist has drowned while snorkelling off central Queensland.The man is believed to have been snorkelling near Lady Elliot Island, off Gladstone, this afternoon. He was holidaying with his wife.” Read Article
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As covered by au.news.yahoo.com, “Police will scale back a land and sea search for missing tourist Martin Tann over the next 24 hours. The 24-year-old from New South Wales was reported missing on Tuesday night and his backpack, containing his clothes and wallet, was found at Mullaloo Beach. Police believe Mr Tann entered the water […]
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Four people have been killed in three separate road crashes in Queensland, the worst of the states’ additions to the national Easter holiday road toll. A German tourist and a police officer were among the fatalities on Friday. The 19-year-old tourist was driving a van that collided head-on with a sedan on a far north […]
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As covered by heraldsun.com, “The Northern Sydney Local Health District has confirmed a spike in cases of meningitis, encephalitis and transverse myelitis has been caused by the enterovirus…The diseases cause inflammation of the brain or spinal cord and, in serious cases, brain damage or death. Symptoms can be similar to someone coming down with the […]
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As reported by standard.net.au, “A woman holidaying from Wales has been reported missing, with police concerned the tourist would not be familiar with Melbourne. Abbi Marie Slater, 20, was last seen outside the Lord of the Fries outlet on the corner of High and Chapel Streets in Prahran about 2am on Sunday. Police reported Ms […]
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As reported by couriermail.com, “AUSTRALIA’S first victim of a killer strain of drug-resistant tuberculosis has died amid warnings of a looming health epidemic on Queensland’s doorstep. Medical experts are seriously concerned about the handling of the TB epidemic in Papua New Guinea after Catherina Abraham died last Thursday of an incurable form of the illness, […]
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As reported by themorningbulletin.com.au, “POLICE are continuing to appeal to the public to help find missing tourist, Patrik Merl. The Hungarian national was last seen on Great Keppel Island on November 8. The 28-year-old has been travelling around Australia since February 2012.” Read Article
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As covered by accuweather.com, “The eye of Tropical Cyclone Rusty has rolled ashore in northwestern Australia, packing damaging winds, flooding rain and inundating storm tides…Rusty had spun virtually in place off the Pilbara Coast of Australia’s North West on Tuesday, dealing the region a prolonged battering of gales, pounding waves and torrential rain.” Read Article
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As covered by news.com.au, “A TOURIST who went missing from a travelling group at Mt Remarkable, about 240km north of Adelaide, overnight, has been found. The 25-year-old French man found his way down the mountain and was found safe and well by State Emergency Service and Country Fire Service crews.” Read Article
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According to abc.net, “Tropical Cyclone Rusty is continuing to intensify as it tracks directly towards the stretch of coast in Western Australia known as ‘cyclone alley’. At last report, the category two system was 250 kilometres north of Port Hedland and nearly stationary. It is is still more than a day away from making landfall […]
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