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Dog attacks on Australia Post posties have increased. Picture: Australia Post

Posties’ bizarre defence against dog attacks

Australia Post boss Paul Graham has shared the new way posties are fending off the increasing rates of dog attacks while they make their rounds.

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A jar of vegemite could make it to space with the launch of an Australian built rocket, which could reach orbit in less than a month following final approvals. Gilmour Space Technologies announced the Eris rocket could launch “no earlier” than March 15, which would mark the first Australian built rocket aiming for orbit.Picture: Supplied.

Vegemite to be launched into space

A jar of vegemite is set to be launched into space in Australia’s first attempt at sending a rocket into orbit from Aussie soil.

The man was flown to hospital from Moreton Island, north of Brisbane.

Man mauled by shark at popular beach

A man in his 20s has been flown to hospital after being attacked by a shark at a popular Aussie tourist destination.

One Aussie state’s lucrative salmon industry has been thrown a $37m lifeline, after facing years of uncertainty and added scrutiny from conservation groups.

Lifeline thrown to Aussie salmon workers

One Aussie state’s lucrative salmon industry has been thrown a $37m lifeline, after facing years of uncertainty and added scrutiny from conservation groups.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire- Tuesday, 4 March 2025:Surf conditions at Bondi Beach.Picture: NewsWire / Monique Harmer

Suspected shark attack on remote beach

A search is underway for a surfer missing following a shark sighting on a remote Australian beach on Monday.

This formation has interested experts for decades due to its ship-like shape and dimensions, similar to the biblical description of Noah’s Ark and Mount Ararat’s mention in religious texts. Picture: NoahsArkScans/Facebook

New evidence suggests this is Noah’s Ark

A recent discovery at a site in Europe has researchers increasingly confident they’ve located Noah’s Ark.

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MARCH 9, 2025: Heavy rain and damaging winds continued in the wake of now ex Cyclone Alfred. Shown is a man walking in a flooded road in Carina. Picture: NewsWire/Tertius Pickard

Hidden killer lurking in floodwaters

Medical experts have warned residents of a deadly disease lurking in floodwaters and the air that has already claimed almost 20 lives.

A woman mauled by a shark has given an update.

Woman mauled by shark ‘should be dead’

A woman who suffered severe leg injuries after being mauled by a bull shark has released an update and what she plans to do following the attack.

Queensland's environmental department are investigating a video showing several children in Woorabinda using a snake as a skipping rope.

Kids filmed using snake as skipping rope

An investigation has been launched after a video emerged of children using a dead black-headed python as a skipping rope.

‘To the bone’: Horror shark attack update

‘To the bone’: Horror shark attack update

A woman says she “should be dead” following a suspected bull shark attack south of Sydney on Friday.

SpaceX's Starship explodes into impressive technicolor cloud

SpaceX’s Starship explodes into impressive technicolor cloud

Less than two months after its failed seventh mission, SpaceX’s Starship exploded during its eighth flight test on Thursday, March 6.

Chinese Kung Fu robot shows impressive martial arts skills

Chinese Kung Fu robot shows impressive martial arts skills

This is the impressive moment a Kung Fu robot executed a stunning 720-degree roundhouse kick to disarm its opponent.

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A woman has been rushed to hospital after being bitten by a shark at Gunyah Beach, near Bundeena, in Port Hacking NSW.

Woman, 59, critical after shark attack

Two men pulled a 59-year-old woman with severe leg injuries from the water following a shark attack at an isolated beach.

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Musk’s Starship breaks apart after launch

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has suffered another setback after its Starship rocket broke apart for the second launch in a row.

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