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SES volunteers Samantha Gatty, Angela Lane Teagan Denny and Kristie McKie during swift water training

Angela was the only woman at rescue training. Here’s how she changed that

When Angela Lane joined the SES, she thought she was signing up to serve roadside revival tea and coffee.

  • Daniella White

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Paul Barning

‘Tragic accident’: Sydney fisher tangled in line and dragged into ocean after hooking shark

The search continues for Paul Barning, who was pulled overboard while taking part in a game-fishing competition off the coast of Newcastle on Sunday.

  • Riley Walter, Kayla Olaya and Nick Newling
A child was critically injured by a falling tree branch at government house in Canberra.

Schoolgirl critically injured during Government House excursion

The school group was visiting the governor-general’s Canberra home as part of a year 6 camp in the capital.

  • Jessica McSweeney
The sinkhole in the road in Godstone, England. A second hole has appeared and the county council have declared a major incident.

‘We’re terrified’: Large sinkhole shocks English villagers

A map of Godstone village in Surrey that dates to 1868 shows an entrance to a subterranean sandpit at the spot where a sinkhole appeared this week.

  • Toby Melville
A man is in a serious condition after being shot by police in Mayfield, NSW after he allegedly ran at officers armed with a meat cleaver.

Man shot by police after allegedly running at officers with meat cleaver

Police say they shot the man after he ran at them in a Newcastle suburb and a Taser was deployed unsuccessfully.

  • Penry Buckley
Render of the planned Queensland Ambulance Service clinical hub.

Queensland expands COVID-era emergency call centre

A health initiative introduced at the height of the COVID pandemic will receive an $8.3 million boost.

  • Cameron Atfield
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Tanya Mauff from the Bacchus Marsh SES unit.

‘Don’t make me come rescue you’: Unwary day trippers taxing the SES

There’s a time every week when emergency volunteers know their phones will probably ping. Someone will be in trouble in the bush again.

  • Benjamin Preiss
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Floodwaters set to rise after record-breaking rain

Hundreds of people have fled to evacuation centres after record-breaking rain in northern Australia, with the deluge set to continue for days.

  • Savannah Meacham and Fraser Barton
Firies have spent the night attending to 100 power pole fires across the state.

Four homes lost in bushfires and thousands without power as ‘extreme weather’ impacts WA

Bushfires in WA’s south-west have claimed four homes, while power pole fires cut electricity supply to nearly 40,000 homes across the state.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
ACT Rural Fire Service and ACT Parks and Conservation tackling the North Black Range Bushfire northwest of Braidwood, NSW, on Thursday 5 December 2019. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Bushfire emergencies still current across WA as the mercury soars

Police said on Friday afternoon that a 36-year-old man from Northam has been charged in relation to one of the fires.

  • Holly Thompson

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