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Flags go up ahead of challenging lifesaving season

Forecast hot conditions are expected to draw large crowds as iconic red and yellow lifesaving flags go up at NSW beaches.

AAP · Sep 26

Shark tears huge bite-sized chunk out of surfer’s board in terrifying close encounter

Eyewitnesses said that the surfer was launched into the air during the early morning attack at a popular beach in Australia

The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2025

Rescuers reveal how they saved the life of a man trapped in rapids for 20 hours - by amputating his leg

The Lithuanian man was on a remote whitewater rafting trip when his leg got trapped. Rescuers say ampuating it saved his life

The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2025

Dusk lifeguard patrols launched after visitors drown at beaches

The decision came after a man died in a rip at Birubi on Saturday.

Newcastle Herald · Dec 19, 2023

'Your first emotion is panic': rips cause many beach drownings, but we can learn from the survivors

Danger lurks in the surf beaches of Australia in the form of rip currents or rips. These narrow, fast-flowing, seaward channels of water are responsible for an average 26 drownings a year and 80-90% of the thousands of surf rescues. Yet, unlike other well understood and feared natural hazards such…

The Conversation · Aug 9, 2023

NSW drownings prompt calls to extend lifeguard services on national park beaches

There are calls to expand beach patrol services in NSW national parks following the deaths of three people at unpatrolled beaches on Wednesday, including a husband and wife.

ABC News · Feb 9, 2023

Queensland lifeguard shortage leaves beaches unpatrolled during school holidays

Surf Life Saving Queensland says its lifeguard numbers have fallen "well below quota" as an industry-wide staff shortage leads to a reduction in patrol locations from the Sunshine Coast to Cairns.

ABC News · Sep 22, 2022

More than 100 without power, homes inundated at Sussex Inlet in NSW South Coast amid easing conditions

More than 100 homes on the New South Wales South Coast remain without power after the region was lashed by wild winds and heavy rains again overnight, but authorities say conditions are set to ease.

ABC News · Jul 5, 2022