Aaron Bunch Journalist with Australian Associated Press | Collection of published work | + 61 484 008 119 | abunch@aap.com.au
Archive for September 9th, 2020
Heroic rescuers swam to mauled surfer
Nick Slater “pretty much passed away” in the water after being mauled by a shark on the Gold Coast, an attack that closed beaches for 20km along the coast. September 9, 2020 A Gold Coast surfer mauled by a suspected white pointer shark may have died before heroic rescuers dragged him to the shore, a […]
Surfer killed by ‘obvious white pointer’
Nick Slater “pretty much passed away” in the water after the first shark attack on the Gold Coast since the 1950s, causing half the area’s beaches to close. September 9, 2020 A Gold Coast surfer was in a “bad way” and looked like he had died before he had left the water after an attack […]
Qld tackles Ipswich hospital virus cluster
Queensland Health is “aggressively” contact tracing and quarantining people linked to a COVID-19 outbreak at a hospital west of Brisbane. September 9, 2020 Queensland health workers are “aggressively” tracing contacts of people potentially exposed to a COVID-19 outbreak at a hospital. Health Minister Steven Miles says more than 7600 people were tested for the virus in […]