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Hundreds gathered on the beach to pay tribute to Charlize Zmuda.

Sea of mourners gather around Charlize’s family

Twenty-four hours after local lifesaver Charlize Zmuda was fatally attacked by a shark at a popular Bribie Island beach, more than a thousand locals gathered at a vigil for the teen.

  • Courtney Kruk

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Woorim Beach at Bribie Island was closed after a fatal shark attack.

Shark was seen, drumlines were baited days before teen died

With shark control measures under review in the wake of Charlize Zmuda’s death, Queensland Premier David Crisafulli has declared “people have to come first”.

  • Cloe Read, Sean Parnell and Courtney Kruk
Charlize Zmuda died after she was attacked by a shark of Bribie Island.

Teenage girl killed in shark attack off popular beach identified

Photos online show she had her school formal in recent days and was a keen member of the island surf lifesaving club.

  • Sean Parnell and Cloe Read
A ranger photographed the juvenile dingo eating the fish on the beach.

Two-year-old bitten in second dingo attack in two days

The attack was the second such incident of the Australia Day long weekend, and follows the biting of a young child last week.

  • Suzanne Simonot
The fangs of a funnel web.

A new species of Sydney funnel-web has been discovered – and it’s a monster

The world’s most dangerous spider just got deadlier. And they’re on the move, with a baby already bitten this season.

  • Angus Dalton
Local government rangers called the RSPCA after they found the cat dead in an esky.

Floreat man charged after neighbour’s cat dies in esky

The man had trapped the cat and then called City of Nedlands rangers to notify them, but when they arrived, the animal was dead.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
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Nine Queensland identified the victim of a shark attack off the central coast as 40-year-old Luke Walford.

Man dies after shark attack off Queensland coast

The 40-year-old youth pastor and school chaplain was fishing with family on an island off Rockhampton when he was bitten on Saturday afternoon. 

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Medical crews left the bandage applied by on-scene bystanders to the 57-year-old woman’s shark attack wounds, although she was expected to have received stitches in hospital.

‘Hats off to the first-aiders’: Woman endures marathon rescue after shark attack off Qld coast

The 57-year-old was snorkelling 200km out from Mackay when she was bitten on the calf. Thankfully, those around her knew what to do.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Dreamworld’s tigers at the theme park’s Tiger Island.

‘Experienced’ Dreamworld handler attacked while walking tiger

A Dreamworld employee mauled on Monday morning while walking a tiger has been described as one of the theme park’s more experienced handlers.

  • Cameron Atfield
A four-year-old girl has been airlifted to Hervey Bay hospital after being bitten by a dingo on K’Gari this morning.

Four-year-old girl flown to hospital following dingo attack on K’gari

The girl was with a fishing group when she was grabbed around the chest area, causing lacerations, bruising and a puncture wound.

  • Courtney Kruk

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