Australia

Off Shark Beach, a shark attacked a boy of about 13 who was swimming in Sydney Harbour, leaving him in critical condition with serious leg injuries

While up to a dozen major bushfire ravaged towns, leaving one dead, 300 structures destroyed and 350.000 hectares burned in Victoria, Pro-Palestine protesters have defied police calls to cancel their Melbourne rally

All flights have resumed in three major Australia airports after a technical issue with air traffic control communications sent terminals into chaos; Airservices Australia is addressing an issue with the systems at its Melbourne Air Traffic Service Centre

City suburbs in Australia show plots of lands at convenient prices that lure customers into buying properties that will not be transformed into homes; they come from ‘paper subdivisions’ lacking water, sewage and roads that haven’t been and aren't planned

The chairwoman leading the Commonwealth agency tasked with improving Australia’s housing crisis with social and affordable housing and home ownership has resigned after two years in the position, weeks before a parliamentary inquiry

Thousands flocked to Sea World on the Gold Coast last weekend, with "unreal" scenes of massive queues snaking through the theme park; footage shared online showed lines stretching beyond the park’s entrance, parents and kids packed shoulder to shoulder

Three people died as a direct consequence of a technical failure caused by an Optus network update: hundreds of 'triple-0', or emergency, calls didn't go through in South Australia, the Northern Territory and Western Australia

2000 extra flights for Melbourne will be available for football fans heading for the 2025 AFL preliminary finals; from Monday, return services will be sold from Adelaide, Brisbane or the Gold Coast, following the semi-final matches this weekend

Nationwide ban on use of private mobile phone for early childcare workers will be discussed at ministry level, with other measures for child protection: a National Educator Register, tougher penalties for noncompliance, mandatory safety training for staff

National office vacancy average rate has reached 15% as the market fails to absorb the offer of new towers and demand remains weak in key cities; many fear that if working from home came into law it would also slow recovery of the hospitality sector

Swiss miner Glencore is considering shutting down two operations; though Mount Isa copper smelter and Townsville refinery directly employ 550 people, Dyno Nobel’s Hill 500, 17.000 jobs in the downstream activities in North Queensland could be in jeopardy