A woman has been injured in a shark attack near Fitzroy Island off the coast of Cairns. 9News
A 29-year-old woman has suffered lower body injuries in a shark attack near Fitzroy Island, off the coast of Cairns in Far North Queensland.The incident happened shortly after 12pm.Emergency services said fellow swimmers came to the woman's assistance and rendered first aid before paramedics arrived.
A rescue helicopter was also tasked and airlifted the woman to a Cairns hospital, where she arrived about 1.15pm.Paramedics said she arrived in a stable condition. Emergency services said the woman was filming a shark documentary and was on a day off when she was injured about 100 metres offshore.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Tributes flow in for teen killed in shark attack on NSW mid north coastMani Hart-Deville, the teen who died after a shark attack on the NSW mid north coast yesterday, has been remembered as “gentle” and “so caring”.
Read more »
Shark Attack: PM criticised for attending footy match during pandemic | Sky News AustraliaThere was a twitter storm at the weekend as Prime Minister Scott Morrison took a couple of days off to watch his beloved Cronulla Sharks lose and spend time with his girls while they were on school holidays.\n\nFormer Senator Derryn Hinch said it was a 'Hawaii-style blunder' at a time of crisis, former ABC presenter Mariek Hardy said she was 'lost for words' and the complaint in The Australian was it was not a good look for the PM to be having fun while Victoria suffered.\n\nSky News Contributor Daisy Cousens said she believed it was 'unfair' of people to criticise Mr Morrison and he needed to be given a break.\n\n'He's led the world on our coronavirus response... give him two hours to have a break for goodness sake.\n\n'As for criticism he wasn't wearing a mask, masks are only really effective if you're already sick to prevent you from spreading it to other people.'\n\nImage: News Corp Australia
Read more »
Croker rubbishes reports of Raiders demiseEveryone has written off the Raiders after a season-ending injury to gun hooker Josh Hodgson. Jarrod Croker has a blunt message for them.
Read more »
Alexander Volkanovski is an Aussie legendAlexander Volkanovski’s first title defence wasn’t going to script but he refused to give up and pulled out a miraculous victory.
Read more »
Rotting whale carcass poses health risk: Beachgoers warned to stay awaySwimmers and surfers are advised to steer clear of a decomposing whale on an Eyre Peninsula beach as it will likely attract sharks, but is too big to remove.
Read more »
Bus driver killed in ‘barbaric’ attack over face mask ruleA bus driver was beaten to death in a “barbaric” attack after asking passengers to wear face masks on his bus.
Read more »