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A man has been flown to hospital after being bitten by a shark while snorkelling.

Man bitten by shark while snorkelling on Great Barrier Reef

He was flown to hospital with puncture wounds and deep lacerations to his arm.

  • Dominique Tassell

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The body was believed to be 23-year-old Louie McHugh.

Martial arts instructor from Brisbane identified as man who died on reef

The 23-year-old’s body was recovered off Port Douglas after he fell overboard near where Steve Irwin was fatally injured in 2006.

  • William Davis
Bleached coral on the Great Barrier Reef.

Australia’s bid to persuade the UN the Great Barrier Reef is doing better

The federal government is fighting against the Great Barrier Reef being listed as “in danger”. Such a listing could threaten 77,000 jobs and a $9 billion industry.

  • Bianca Hall
An archival photo of one of the museum’s adult goblin shark specimens.

Goblin sharks off Sydney: The young scientist unveiling creatures of the deep

Australian scientist Yi-Kai Tea is investigating one of the weirdest realms of the ocean – and it’s right on Australia’s doorstep.

  • Angus Dalton
Great Barrier Reef coral spawning

‘A bit funky’: What it’s like to swim through the world’s largest sex act

A spectacular storm of fertility has erupted in Australia during one of the world’s most crucial and beautiful natural events.

  • Angus Dalton
Mass coral spawning at Moore Reef on the night of December 9. SOURCE: Tourism and Events Queensland
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Coral spawning on the Great Barrier Reef

Mass coral spawning at Moore Reef on the night of December 9. SOURCE: Tourism and Events Queensland

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Carbon dioxide seeping from a remote Papua New Guinea reef has given scientists an insight into ocean acidification.

How a beautiful curtain of bubbles led to a bleak undersea discovery

A carbon dioxide seep on a reef in Papua New Guinea is being used as a time machine to see into the future of the world’s coral.

  • Nick O'Malley
The anti-net zero bloc: Senator Jessica Collins, Shadow Minister for Defence Angus Taylor, Senator Sarah Henderson, Member for Canning Andrew Hastie and Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price with other Liberal MPs and senators arrive for their party room showdown on Wednesday.

If Libs dump net zero, we’ll lose more than an election. We’ll lose a generation

I can’t stay silent as we teeter on the edge of a decision that will define our political future.

  • Adelaide Cuneo
Ken Henry

Environmental reforms will fail to protect reef, ex-Treasury boss warns

At a Brisbane lunch on Wednesday, Ken Henry will warn that law reforms won’t close “deforestation loopholes” threatening the Great Barrier Reef.

  • Cameron Atfield
Suzanne Rees, who died on Lizard Island in Queensland.

Family says ‘failure of care and common sense’ led to mum’s death on cruise

Suzanne Rees, 80, was found dead on Lizard Island after the Coral Explorer left without her.

  • Dominique Tassell and William Davis