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Surgeons are seeing more injuries to women’s reproductive zones due to powerful water jets rupturing their perineum when they fall off the back of the vehicle.

The surge of horrific jet-ski injuries damaging women’s reproductive systems

Surgeons warn that there has been a rise in severe tears caused when passengers fall off the back of a jet-ski, prompting a call for people to wear protective wetsuit pants.

  • Wendy Tuohy

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Alexandra Brewster lost her father Robert when a jet-ski hit him while he was swimming in Port Melbourne in 2012.

Almost 13 years after Robert’s death, jet-skis are still a danger at Melbourne’s beaches

As the weather heats up, videos circulate on social media of close encounters between swimmers and jet-skiers. Melbourne councils and community groups worry it will take another tragedy for the laws to change.

  • Rachael Dexter
Emergency workers search for a boy in the Mitchell River near a campground between Dargo and Bairnsdale on Friday afternoon.

Boy drowns in East Gippsland river as caravan fire tragedy rocks small country town

Two drownings and a fatal fire rocked communities across Victoria in the 24 hours to 6pm on Friday.

  • Lachlan Abbott
Emergency services by The Gravel Loader Dive Site on Saturday morning, where a man was declared dead.

Man dies at popular NSW diving site

The Gravel Loader Dive Site is regarded as shallow and gentle.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo and Carrie Fellner
Taewoo Kim, 21, has been missing since Thursday when he was seen entering the water at Moonee Beach on the NSW mid-north coast.

Police search notorious NSW beach for man missing since Thursday

Police are scouring treacherous waters near Coffs Harbour for South Korean national Taewoo Kim, 21, after he failed to return to his accommodation.

  • Carrie Fellner and Daniel Lo Surdo
Luca Bennet was washed off the rocks at North Avoca Beach on Christmas Eve.

Central Coast teenager’s body recovered after Christmas Eve tragedy

Authorities have recovered the body of 15-year-old Luca Bennett after he was swept into the sea at North Avoca Beach.

  • Riley Walter
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Missing teenager Luca Bennett with his mother Michelle.

‘The most perfect son’: Family of lost teen share tribute

The family of 15-year-old Luca Bennett have paid tribute to the teen after he was swept off rocks at North Avoca Beach on Christmas Eve.

  • Jessica McSweeney and Riley Walter
Luca Bennett and his friends gathered at the site he went missing

Friends gather to honour Luca Bennett, lost at North Avoca Beach

A sombre message has been etched onto a rock face near where Scots student Luca Bennett, was swept away on Christmas Eve.

  • Clare Sibthorpe, Billie Eder and Riley Walter
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Missing boy swept off rocks identified as search continues on Central Coast

A large-scale sea and air search has resumed after a 15-year-old was swept off a rock shelf on Tuesday.

  • Billie Eder, Riley Walter and Nigel Gladstone
Divers are in the water and lifesavers are on jetskis in the search for a 15-year-old who was swept off rocks on Tuesday afternoon.
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Search resumes for missing boy at North Avoca

Divers are in the water and lifesavers are on jetskis in the search for a 15-year-old who was swept off rocks on Tuesday afternoon.

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