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SYDNEY AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos, 01 JUNE, 2023: Bawinya the baby koala at Symbio Zoo in Helensburgh.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Simon Bullard

Massive win for Aussie icon

One in five koalas in NSW will be protected from logging after the NSW government unveiled its long-awaited plan for the Great Koala National Park.

What to do after sunscreen failures

Shock sunscreen update after SPF lies

Sunscreens have been pulled from shelves following shock SPF testing failures. Here’s what to do now as summer approaches.

Australians face an aerial assault from protective magpies this spring, with 887 swooping attacks already logged and dozens of serious injuries reported nationwide.

How to avoid magpie swooping this season

With more than 800 incidents already recorded, an expert has revealed how you can avoid being swooped by magpies this spring.

The WA Government has declared the entire Exmouth Gulf as a marine park. Picture: WA Gov

Tourist site set for marine park protection

A major Australian habitat for humpback whales, dugongs, dolphins and sea turtles will soon get marine park protection.

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Brad Ross was surfing at Cabarita Beach this morning when a shark took a large bite out of his board. This is just weeks after a teenage boy was bitten at the same break. Picture: Facebook

Shark attacks surfer at notorious NSW beach

A popular NSW beach has been shut down after a morning surf almost ended in tragedy, just weeks after a teen was mauled.

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Marine expansion of Tasmania’s salmon industry will be paused for an independent review. Picture: NewsWire / Supplied

‘Shameful’ move in Aussie salmon industry

Expansion of the salmon industry in one Aussie state has been halted in a major decision slammed as being “shameful” and “strangling growth”.

A surfer has had a close call with a shark at Cabarita Beach, weeks after a teenage boy was bitten at the same break. Picture: Facebook

Pic shows surfer’s lucky escape from shark

A surfer has come within inches of being the second shark bite victim at a NSW beach in the space of two months.

The new discovery could change everything. Picture: Supplied

Black hole discovery changes history

Astronomers have just discovered the largest black hole in the history of space and the stunning find is rewriting all we know about our universe.

Tash Peterson and boyfriend Jack Higgs had their passports confiscated when they filed for bankruptcy in May. Picture: GoFundMe

Controversial vegan activist’s strange plea

A controversial vegan activist has just one week to secure $30,000 to leave Australia, and she is calling on her fans to help.

DAILY TELEGRAPH. EMBARGO SUNDAY FOR MONDAY 14 OCTOBER. Henry Freiburg is a professional bee swarm remover. Here, a piece of comb with different coloured pollen in it that was pulled from a hive of bees in the wall of a home in Panania. Monday 07/10/2024. Picture by Max Mason-Hubers

Deadly parasite killing honey bees spreads

A deadly parasite that infests beehives and kills honey bees has been found in new areas of regional Victoria.

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Nightmare virus causes tentacle-like growths on rabbits in the US

‘Zombie rabbits’ infected by nightmare virus

Residents in Colorado have been issued a warning after as a virus that causes tentacle-like tumours to grow on rabbits is spreading.

Funding for the satellites, which measure global carbon dioxide emission, have been scrapped in the US President’s budget request.

‘Critical’: Trump makes major threat to NASA

Funding for the satellites, which measure global carbon dioxide emission, have been scrapped in the US President’s budget request.

A tourist was recorded being charged and stomped on by a wild elephant after attempting to get a quick selfie., The multi-tonne animal was filmed trampling the man, leaving his pants ripped and his backside completely on show. Horrified onlookers watched as the bold tourist lay face first in the road with severe injuries.

WATCH: Brutal moment tourist trampled by elephant

Shocking footage has emerged of the moment a selfie-taking tourist gets charged at and stomped on by a wild elephant. Watch the video.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - Newswire Photos August 14, 2025: A large deer is pictured lying dead on Doncaster road in Kew East near the corner of Bourke road. Picture: NewsWire / Aaron Francis

Wandering deer killed on suburban road

A deer wreaking havoc on Melbourne roads during Thursday rush hour has been hit by a vehicle and killed.

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