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A man has been flown to hospital after being bitten by a shark while snorkelling.

Man bitten by shark while snorkelling on Great Barrier Reef

He was flown to hospital with puncture wounds and deep lacerations to his arm.

  • Dominique Tassell

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Surprise shark caught on camera for first time in Antarctica’s frozen depths

Many experts had thought sharks didn’t exist in the Southern Ocean’s frigid waters before a “hunk of a shark” swam into view of a remote camera.

  • Rod McGuirk
A shark seen in the shallows near a washed up dolphin carcass at Bungan Beach, Newport.

Shark stalks washed-up dolphin carcass on Sydney’s northern beaches

Graphic footage shows a dolphin carcass decomposing on the sand. The dorsal fin in the shallows behind is what closed the beach.

  • Jack Gramenz
Mourners paddled out to remember Nico Antic.

‘Be brave for Nico’: Family and friends paddle out for shark attack victim

Nico Antic’s parents were supported by hundreds of swimmers and paddlers at North Bondi to remember their son who they will “miss forever”.

  • Jessica McSweeney
North Steyne was among a number of Sydney beaches closed after shark sightings and incidents in January.

If a summer of sharks restores our respect for the ocean, that’s no bad thing

Fatalities on our beaches shouldn’t terrify us; they should make us more humble in our approach to the ocean, more respectful, and more willing to learn.

  • Malcolm Knox
Payne Haas, Daly Cherry-Evans, Zac Lomax and David Fifita.

Game on: How your NRL team is shaping up for season 2026

The Ashes are over, the Australian Open is nearing its end; which means one thing, the NRL season is just around the corner.

  • Robert Dillon
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The incident took place near Flat Rock, Ballina. Angels Beach is to the left of the rock, and Sharpes Beach, right.

Beach closed after shark knocks surfer off board

A surfer has been knocked off their board at a beach south of Byron Bay as new details emerge about the death of a boy in Sydney Harbour.

  • Jack Gramenz
Early morning bathers pick their way around piles of seaweed at Coogee Beach on Sunday.

Bull shark tagging program launched as Sydney braces for scorcher

Sydney beaches have re-opened as temperatures soar after many were closed following a spate of shark attacks.

  • Chris Barrett
The shark leaps out of the Parramatta River while King’s School rowers train in Sydney earlier this week.

‘Exactly what we need’: Call for shark danger rating system

Australia’s fire danger ratings alerts millions to potentially fatal danger. Experts say we can do the same for sharks

  • Mike Foley
Nico Antic died in hospital days after being mauled by a shark in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.

Shark attack victim Nico Antic, 12, dies in hospital

The 12-year-old was mauled by a shark in the first of several attacks in Sydney this week and has died in hospital despite heroic attempts to save him.

  • Jack Gramenz and Amber Schultz