All news on the topic: Australia

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Girl, 10, developed 'blister' after beach day but it was rare 'painful' disease
Australian Bella, 10, developed a blister after a day at the beach and the minor injury seemed harmless - however, Bella’s mother Emma soon realised something wasn’t right
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'Mutilated' shark found washed up with its fins, tail and jaw cut off
The sea creature's carcass was discovered last weekend in Queensland, Australia, and is thought to be a case of shark-finning, which is the act of removing a shark's fins for sale
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Coffee shop sparks uproar by refusing cash and adding surcharge to card payments
A customer made his order at Puzzle Coffee in Melbourne, Australia, but was shocked to learn that his items cost more than had been displayed on the menu due to a 1.2 per cent surcharge for the only available method of payment
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Baby left 'blinking blood' after rock thrown into window showering her in glass
Mother April Stanley said she was woken by the cries of her baby Satuala at around midnight in the home in the Gold Coast suburb of Worongary in Australia
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Surfer impaled by fish thought it was a prank before noticing huge hole in face
WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: Steve Kezic was on a surfing expedition ain Indonesia when the sharp beak of the garfish wedged in his nose and nearly speared out his eyes
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Champion jockey responds after being pictured racking up line of white powder
Jamie Kah is a nine-time Group 1 winner in Australia and is continuing her recovery after a horrific fall in March left her fighting for her life in an induced coma
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Sunbather is bitten on bum by dingo just weeks after boy dragged underwater
Tourists are being warned to be wary of dingoes when visiting K'gari Island — formerly known as Fraser Island — as authorities warn the dog-like creatures are becoming less fearful of humans
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Where's our whisky? Investors demand answers over missing casks worth thousands
Speyside Distillers says that investors' casks can't be found because 'our records are complex and incomplete'
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Mum left fighting for life after drinking cocktail on her dream Thailand holiday
Kylee Enwright's dream holiday to Thailand "turned quite terrible, very quickly" as she fell after drinking a local cocktail and has been put into an induced coma having suffered head injuries
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Economy on world's longest direct flight to get extra legroom and wellness zones
In 2025 Qantas will start running routes from Sydney to New York and London direct, with the journey likely to take between 19 and 20 hours, making it the longest non-stop commercial flight
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Brit couple and kids to be kicked out of Australia as they're 'too old to stay'
Glenn Tunnicliff, 57, and wife Sheena, 50, moved to Perth, Australia, in 2015, but now face deportation years after arriving over visa rules - but their daughter is allowed to stay
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Two young children left orphaned after both parents killed in wedding bus crash
Lynan Scott and her husband Andrew Scott both died in the wedding bus crash in Australia, leaving behind two children under the age of five
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Victim of deadly wedding bus crash recently beat cancer before tragedy
Zachary Bray, 29, was on the bus with 34 others when it rolled on its side and hit a guard rail in heavy fog in New South Wales, Australia late on Sunday
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Hero man fought through pain to help others in wedding bus crash that killed 10
Groomsman Brandon Stafford suffered a broken jaw in the Australia wedding bus crash that killed 10, but selflessly tried to help others before he was taken to hospital
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Chilling audio of last moments before bus of wedding guests crashes, killing 10
Just hours after a wedding, 10 guests were tragically killed - and many more were injured - at about 11:30pm when the bus rolled in foggy conditions at a roundabout
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Final photos of wedding before 10 guests killed in bus crash on way home
Madeleine Edsell and Mitchell Gaffney celebrated their wedding with family and friends, but it sadly turned into tragedy when a bus bringing guests home overturned, killing 10 people and injuring 21
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Fairytale wedding turns to tragedy as 10 guests killed in bus crash on way home
A further 25 people have been hospitalised as a result of the accident, whilst police fear further passengers could still be trapped under the overturned vehicle in Hunter Valley, NSW
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Man uses mathematics to win the lottery 14 times - without breaking a single law
Romanian-born Australian Stefan Mandel used his affinity for numbers as a mathematician to create a near-perfect formula for his road to success
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Mum 'forced to hold dead baby in biohazard bag' during horror hospital ordeal
A woman has hit out at a hospital after she claimed she was forced to sit in a shared waiting room while holding a biohazard bag containing the remains of her baby
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'We loved our honeymoon so much we ditched home to travel full-time'
Kevin and Jennifer Maguire from Andersonstown, Northern Ireland decided to move to Australia after their honeymoon, and now travel the country fulltime with their two children
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Brit backpacker loses arm after it is crushed in gruesome accident on gap year
Henry Dunn, 23, suffered a horrific injury to his left arm, which led doctors to amputate the limb below the elbow, after working on a farm at the Larrimah Station, five hours south east of Darwin, while backpacking across Australia
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Girl, 6, whose finger was ripped off in gate asks family when it will grow back
Elena Heidari's finger was sliced off from the top to the first knuckle - and three years after the incident, the girl often asks her parents when it will grow back
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Slovenia named best destination - for travellers going backpacking on gap year
The Central European country boasts stunning scenery and lakes, snow-capped mountains - and best of all, affordability, according to a travel expert
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Woman's battle with landlord who built metal 'war bunker' fence to block drive
Maneeca Belbin said her landlord Daniel had warned her that he would carry out some works - but only said they would last three months near Sydney, Australia
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Boy, 3, stabbed to death with kitchen knife with his own dad charged with murder
The unnamed man had been staying with his aunt in Riverwood, in southwestern Sydney, Australia, on Wednesday when he allegedly attacked his three-year-old son with a kitchen knife