5 h. ago Sydney shark attack: Warning issued as boy, 12, fights for life

A popular swimming spot in Sydney's National Park has been closed after a brutal shark attack has left a young boy fighting for his life.

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6 h. ago Teen in critical condition after shark attack at Sydney beach

The boy suffered severe leg injuries while swimming outside the net enclosure

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8 h. ago Boy fighting for life after shark attack leaves him with 41 'serious' wounds to leg near Sydney Opera House

The boy, understood to be 13-years-old, has been rushed to hospital in a critical condition.

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9 h. ago Shark attack at Nielsen Park in Sydney’s east leaves boy fighting for his life

Child in a critical condition in hospital after being pulled from the water in Vaucluse at about 4.20pm SundayGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA boy has been attacked by a shark in Sydney’s east and is in a critical condition after suffering serious injuries to both legs.The boy, believed to be aged about 12, was pulled from the water at Shark beach at Neilsen Park, in the eastern suburb of Vaucluse, on Sunday afternoon. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Shark attack in Sydney Harbour: Boy is fighting for life after being pulled from the water at Nielsen Park and airlifted to hospital

A boy has been rushed to hospital after a suspected shark attack in Sydney Harbour.

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9 d. ago 'Idiot' brothers leave teen girl critically injured while racing each other

Brothers Harrison and Henry Taylor had been gifted two powerful cars to help them get over their parents splitting up - and they raced each other on the Sandbanks peninsula

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1 week ago ‘Idiot’ brothers left girl, 17, critically injured while racing powerful cars gifted to them by parents – but AVOID jail

TWO "idiot" brothers who left a teen girl critically injured while racing flash cars their parents gifted them at 90mph have avoided jail. Harrison Taylor, 19, tore around millionaire's playground Sandbanks in a Mercedes A200 closely followed by brother Harry, 21, in a BMW 135i. The powerful cars had been a gift to the pair...

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1 week ago Conscript Potts is England’s paratrooper fighting a lonely Ashes war in Sydney | Barney Ronay

While England’s batting always gets to hog the limelight, this tour has also been lost in the bowling fade-outsForty-five minutes into a quietly overcast morning at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Matt Potts came into the England attack from the Randwick End, and immediately began running through his variations.His first ball was wide and smashed through cover by Travis Head. His second ball was both short and wide and hacked over gully by Travis Head. His third ball was short and straight and smashed past midwicket by Travis Head. His fourth ball was defended with a show of furrowed caution, to loud, mocking cheers from a crowd that had begun to tuck into the day. Welcome to the treadmill, Pottsy. And yes, it’s always like this around here. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Adolescence star Owen Cooper's very normal life: Actor, 16, is 'still shouted at by teachers in school' and is preparing to sit his GCSEs after his overnight fame

He was just 14 - with zero acting experience - when he took on the role of a teen killer in Stephen Graham's hit Netflix Adolescence.

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2 w. ago First case of 20ft whale shark with severe spinal deformity in 'remarkable' discovery

Scientists say what is remarkable about the case, which was found the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico, is the shark's apparent ability to thrive despite having the condition

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2 w. ago Sydney New Year’s Eve strikes more sombre tone as fireworks follow minute’s silence for Bondi

Terror attack victims remembered with menorah projected on to Harbour Bridge ahead of traditional dazzling displayAustralia paused to show solidarity with the Jewish community as New Year’s Eve festivities rolled across the nation.Weeks on from the Bondi Beach terrorist attack, hundreds of thousands of people around the Sydney Harbour observed a minute’s silence and shone a collective, defiant light following the recent atrocity. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Sydney’s New Year’s Eve fireworks draw large crowds as people asked to ‘show defiance’ after Bondi attack

More than 2,500 police officers deployed on patrol on New Year’s Eve

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3 w. ago Car with ‘Happy Chanukah’ sign firebombed in suspected antisemitic attack in Melbourne

Police say the vehicle was set alight in the driveway of a property in St Kilda East in the early hours of Christmas DayGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA car with a “Happy Chanukah” sign has been firebombed in a Melbourne suburb in the early hours of Christmas morning.The suspected antisemitic incident comes less than two weeks after the terror attack that targeted Jews celebrating the holiday of Hanukah at Sydney’s Bondi beach and claimed 15 lives. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Injured police officer wakes from coma after Bondi terror attack

Constable Scott Dyson was one of two officers wounded in the gun attack on Archer Park in Sydney during a Hanukkah celebration.

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3 w. ago Australia PM Albanese accuses opposition of ‘politicising’ Bondi Beach terror attack

Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese has said he "regrets the politicisation" of the Bondi Beach terror attack amid rising tensions in parliament.

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3 w. ago Israeli foreign minister urges Jews to ‘come home’ after Bondi Beach massacre

Israeli leaders warn of rising antisemitism abroad following attack that killed 15 at Hanukkah event in Sydney

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4 w. ago From Dr Seuss to All Quiet on the Western Front: 19 books to help you find hope, sense and resistance in difficult times

Writers, activists and politicians on the books they turn to for wisdom and perspective – and to restore their faith in human natureAustralia is mired in grief, anger and division over the horrific act of antisemitic terrorism in Sydney. The attack in Bondi has reverberated internationally, tragically bookending a year that already challenged humanity, hope and the future of the planet.Indeed as 2025 ends it is defined by yet more abject and ignoble political, economic, technological and environmental derelictions of dire proportions. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago ‘He knows a few people involved’ – SPFL boss reveals star wore black armband in personal tribute to Bondi terror victims

JIM GOODWIN revealed the black armband Zac Sapsford wore against Hibs was a tribute to the Bondi Beach terror attack victims. Aussie striker Sapsford is from Sydney and knew people who were caught up in the shooting on December 14 in which 15 lost their lives. The 23-year-old former Western Sydney Wanderers striker started the 1-1...

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