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Man hospitalised after 'targeted' shooting in Melbourne

A man has been taken to hospital after being shot in Melbourne's west this afternoon in what police say appears to be a targeted attack.

Emergency services were called to Federation Drive in Melton just after 3pm, where they found located a man in his 30s with what police said appeared to be multiple gunshot wounds.

He was taken to Royal Melbourne Hospital with injuries that, while deemed serious, are not considered life-threatening.

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Police are investigating the incident and say its exact circumstances are yet to be determined.

They said the shooting appears to be targeted and the people involved in the incident may be known to each other.

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Cricketer Travis Head and pregnant partner in emergency plane landing

Australian cricketer Travis Head and his pregnant partner, Jessica Davies, have been caught up in a scary incident when the plane they were travelling on was forced into an emergency landing.

The couple were on their way home from a holiday in the Maldives when, about 30 minutes into a one-hour flight, their plane started descending, according to an Instagram story posted by Davies, who said the incident was "terrifying".

"We ended up landing on an island 45 minutes away from our destination," she wrote in the post.

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Australian cricketer Travis Head

"After our second landing attempt, we slid off the tarmac into a field."

Davies also said passengers were locked in a room without water or any means of communication for 45 minutes following the landing, but that after being moved to a "nicer room" and a four-hour wait, a second plane to Male and accommodation was provided.

Davies said the couple are "totally fine" following the incident.

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Travis Head and partner Jessica Davies

Head is coming off the best season of his international career, after he was named player of the series during Australia's 4-0 win over England during the summer's Ashes series.

He also scored 190 runs in the side's first two ODIs during the recent tour of Pakistan.

Head and Davies announced in March they are expecting their first child.

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Mysterious new type of box jellyfish appears in Sydney

A Sydney swim club has caught the attention of scientists after stumbling across a potentially new species of box jellyfish.

The mysterious deadly jellyfish was discovered in the waters off Cronulla this week.

The unknown creature has experts working to crack the case, while swimmers are being warned of the possible dangers.

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Launceston biologist Dr Lisa-ann Gershwin said the discovery was an amazing find.

"Those thick tentacles scare the bejeezus out of me because the species with the thick tentacles are the dangerous species," she said.

"(They are) the life-threatening species."

Cronulla swimmer Scott Belcher stumbled across the unknown jellyfish about 800 metres from the shore last week.

Belcher swims most mornings in Cronulla with swimming group the Shark Island Psycho Swimmers.

"I'm the guy with the camera who just happened to be in the right place at the right time," he said.

"This could be the deadliest thing we've got at Cronulla, I hope not."

However, Gershwin said they couldn't begin to understand how dangerous and toxic it is until they learn what the exact species is.

Gershwin is now working with the Australian Museum to identify the jellyfish.