The 16-year-old was riding jet skis and swimming with friends when she was attacked, police say.
Tag: Australia
Australian experts joined forces and methodically tracked down the hazardous pea-sized device.
Rio Tinto says the tiny object went missing while being transported 1,400km across Western Australia.
Will Thornton steps in to help a marsupial trying to cross the Gold Coast Highway in Queensland.
George Pell was reviled by many for his alleged role in child sexual abuse scandals.
A survivor of a deadly helicopter collision in Australia is seen apparently trying to warn a pilot.
A British couple and two Australians were killed in a mid-air collision on the Gold Coast.
Two UK citizens died in the crash, which occurred as one aircraft was taking off and the other landing.
Australia’s first ambassador to China recounts a fascinating, high-stakes visit – and his unlikely place in it.
Authorities have urged anyone suffering from a range of severe symptoms after eating it to go to hospital.
Opposition leader Peter Dutton called Sharon Claydon “Mr Speaker” in parliament on Thursday.
Rajwinder Singh is suspected of murdering Toyah Cordingley, found dead in Queensland in 2018.
An elderly couple, their daughter and two dogs were winched from their home in rural New South Wales.
The firm struggled to compete with rivals as well as facing pressure to improve workers’ conditions.
The country’s fourth flooding this year has seen New South Wales and Victoria’s river banks burst.
The killing of Aboriginal teenager Cassius Turvey has sparked outrage and raised issues around racism.
Record rainfall in a country used to sun is making many people low and anxious.
The alleged murder of 15-year-old Cassius Turvey has caused grief and anger across Australia.
Nedd Brockmann ran 3,953 km (2,456 miles), inspired a nation and raised millions for charity.
Canberra will no longer recognise West Jerusalem as the capital, four years after changing its stance.
Anger rises after 40% of Australians had details stolen in possibly the nation’s worst-ever breach.
As Australians hold a day of mourning, we look back on memorable moments from her trips down under.
The new target brings one of the world’s biggest emitters more in line with other developed countries.
The “staggering” amount of drugs was hidden in marble and imported from the Middle East, police say.
A royal commission inquiry interviewed hundreds of people over alarmingly high death rates.
The Slumdog Millionaire star successfully broke up an altercation in Adelaide on Monday.
After 37 years, the iconic TV soap draws to an emotional close with a reunion of past stars.
There is hope the breakdown in diplomatic relations between the two countries could be ending.
Extinctions are growing and 19 ecosystems are on the brink of collapse, a five-year survey warns.
Rescuers said the kangaroo was trying to escape a fox.