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Rescuer Charlie Verco pulled victim from water

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[ad_1] SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAThere’s about 12 kilometres of coastline between Bondi and Maroubra beaches – a decent stretch of ocean for paddleboard world champion, Charlie Verco’s training session.So it was extraordinary luck that Verco, 24, found himself 80 metres from Coogee Beach as a large great white stalked a group of women swimming nearby.Charlie Verco, 24, rescued a woman attacked by a 3-metre shark at Coogee Beach on Saturday,Sitthixay Ditthavong“One of the women screamed, ‘Shark!’ and everyone started panicking,” Verco said.A handful of swimmers tried to…

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Depleted Sharks deny high-flying Warriors in Auckland

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[ad_1] Darren WaltonJune 13, 2026 — 8:18pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAACronulla have blown the NRL’s top-four race wide open with a courageous and epic 10-8 victory over the high-flying Warriors in Auckland.A miracle defensive play from fullback Will Kennedy allowed in-form playmaker Braydon Trindall to slot the Sharks’ match-winning two-point field goal two minutes from fulltime on Saturday night.Warriors centre Adam Pompey had the chance to send the match into golden point, but pushed a last-second penalty attempt wide to the despair of home fans at Go Media…

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Australian Jewish community refuses to wallow in anger

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[ad_1] OpinionAlex RyvchinAuthor, advocate, commentator and lawyer.June 13, 2026 — 7:30pmJune 13, 2026 — 7:30pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAJewish law and custom approach mourning in a highly prescriptive and regimented way. There is sense to this. When one is bereaved and unsure where to turn and what to do, it is comforting to have the answers laid out for you. There are three phases of mourning – seven days, 30 days and the remainder of the year, during which the mourners transition from intensely confronting their grief to…

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Club considers playing every home game at Leichhardt Oval amid stadium negotiations

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[ad_1] SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAWests Tigers could play every home game of the 2028 season at Leichhardt Oval if the club can’t strike an agreement to stage some of its matches at CommBank Stadium.The clash with the Gold Coast on Sunday will be the Tigers’ last at Leichhardt for almost two years as the venue gets a much-needed renovation. The club’s other home ground, Campbelltown Stadium, will undergo its own refurbishment in 2028, with the staggered timelines ensuring both venues won’t be shut down for construction at…

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Coogee Beach shark attack: Woman in critical condition

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[ad_1] Updated June 13, 2026 — 7:30pm,first published 11:41amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAA 35-year-old woman is in a critical condition after being bitten by a three to four-metre shark at Coogee Beach on Saturday morning.A paddleboarder rescued the woman before she was treated by an off-duty critical care doctor and lifeguards who quickly stabilised her, NSW Ambulance Inspector Mike Corlis said.“She has quite massive wounds to her left lower leg and her arms,” Corlis said.The woman was 30 metres offshore when the shark bit her just after 11am,…

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