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GREAT WHITE SHARK MAULS QUEENSLAND SURFER
UPDATE | New South Wales Department of Primary Industries has confirmed a 3-metre Great White shark is responsible for the fatal attack of a Queensland man this morning. The 60-year-old man, believed to be from Tugun, was surfing at Salt Beach near Kingscliff when he was bitten by the shark just after 10am. Others surfing…
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FEMALE ZOOKEEPER ATTACKED BY LIONS AT SHOALHAVEN ZOO
A zookeeper is in a serious condition after she was attacked by a lion at Shoalhaven Zoo on the NSW South Coast this morning. It’s understood the 35-year-old woman was working in the lion enclosure when she was attacked just before 10.30am. Four ambulance crews and a rescue chopper attended and found the woman with…
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GAME ON FOR INCREASED TESTING IN NEWCASTLE
McDonald Jones Stadium will be converted into a six-lane, drive-through COVID-19 testing clinic for 10 days. From Friday May 8 until Sunday May 17, 900 people can be swabbed a day at the facility. Public Health Physician Dr David Durrheim said while case numbers are stabilising in the region, the new testing clinic at the…
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NSW SOCIAL ISOLATION RESTRICTIONS EASE
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian today made the first significant change to social distancing measures, announcing two adults will be able to visit others in their home, to help improve mental health, from Friday. “We are introducing normality in some spheres of life,” Ms Berejiklian said. “We know that for many people, they’ve been cooped up…
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RESTRICTIONS EASE | ELECTIVE SURGERIES TO BEGIN AGAIN
Level two elective surgeries, including IVF and joint replacement surgery, will begin again as the Federal Government begins the early stages of lifting coronavirus restrictions. Prime minister Scott Morrison made the announcement in a press conference in Canberra today. The procedures that will return include eye procedures, endoscopy and colonoscopies and post-cancer procedures such as…
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MV WESTERN MARINE MAN OVERBOARD PRESUMED DEAD
A young Korean man is now presumed dead, after falling overboard from a bulk carrier ship off the Central Coast yesterday. The air and sea search operation went on for nearly 12 hours, after the ship’s master reported the missing seafarer to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority at about 6.40am on Wednesday. It’s believed the…
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OPPORTUNISTIC CESSNOCK JAIL INMATE FLEES AFTER FINDING STAFF MEMBER’S KEYS
Police are on the hunt for a prisoner after he escaped from a Hunter jail earlier today. The 30-year-old was doing grounds maintenance at Cessnock Correctional Centre when he escaped in a car around 11:15am. There are reports the opportunistic inmate found a staff member’s car keys, that were accidentally dropped on the employee’s way…
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MAN OVERBOARD FROM BULK CARRIER SHIP OFF CENTRAL COAST
A major search is underway off the Central Coast to find a man who fell off a bulk carrier ship in the early hours of this morning. Three helicopters, a search and rescue jet and water police are currently looking for the missing man off Bateau Bay, searching an area of about 130 square kilometres.…
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PORT MACQUARIE MAN AMONG THE LATEST TO SUCCUMB TO COVID-19
An elderly man from Port Macquarie is among the latest people to die from Coronavirus in New South Wales. The 91-year-old passed away in Port Macquarie hospital overnight. There were three other deaths in the past 24 hours: a 61-year-old at Hornsby Hospital and two people at Westmead Hospital, an 80-year-old and a 76-year-old. NSW…
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LAKE MACQUARIE MASSAGE BUSINESS FINED $5000 FOR BREAKING COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS
A woman, who runs a remedial massage business in Cardiff, has been slapped with a $5000 fine after she failed to close up shop when COVID-19 restrictions came into place. Police were performing surveillance on Harrison Street yesterday, following reports Asian Remedial Massage was still operating, and saw several customers enter and leave the premises.…