A man who came to the rescue of a woman being attacked by dingoes has described how he punched one of the dogs to try to get it off her.

Shane and Sarah Moffatt saw Sarah Peet, 23, in a fight for her life after she was attacked by the pack of four dingos while out jogging on K'gari/Fraser Island.

Mr Moffat said Peet was "screaming" and was being attacked and running in waist-deep water to try and stop the wild dogs.

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He risked his own safety to go help on Orchid Beach on the tourist island. 

"I could see fear in her face that she wasn't in a good way," he said.

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"There was a big piece missing out of her arm there and there was puncture wounds all up the side of her legs."

He forced himself between Peet and the collared dingo, known by K'gari rangers as "CC Green".

The dingo, which has been tagged, as it has previously shown aggression, went for him.

"He was coming for me," he said.

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"When I hit him, he kind of shook twice on his head, but then he still lunged at me with a bit of aggression."

Ms Moffatt caught some of the ordeal on video, but it's too graphic to show.

The couple managed to get Peet out of the water and to their ute, as the wild dogs continued to attack.

"The dingo tried to get her off the back. grab her off the back of the tailgate," Mr Moffatt said.

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Peet was airlifted to hospital with 30 cuts to her body.

Despite the family's terrifying ordeal, they say it's not going to stop them from returning to K'gari.

Environment Minister Leanne Linard has flown to K'gari to meet with rangers.

She was handed her own "dingo stick" – tourists are being urged to carry sticks for protection – but wouldn't confirm if anything more will be done.

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A former Sydney teacher who admitted using his authority to prey on girls he taught and covertly film them in class has been jailed for at least six months.

Eric Wong, 29, pleaded guilty to two counts of filming a person's private parts without consent.

His sentencing in May was delayed for a report on the possibility of autism spectrum disorder, which could have impacted on his sentencing.

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Barrister Peter Givorshner told a local court two eminent doctors had agreed.

"He needs treatment, and he's not going to get it in jail," Givorshner said on Wednesday.

Wong can get treatment after he's released, Magistrate Alexander Mijovich said.

He jailed Wong for at least six months with a total sentence of 14 months.

The court was satisfied imprisonment was the only suitable punishment, with Mijovich saying "the threshold is well and truly crossed".

"You abused a position of trust and authority of multiple victims," he told Wong.

"These occurred in the confines of a school, where the victims and families are entitled to feel safe from any predatory or other behaviour," Mijovich said.

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While Wong may have autism with Asperger's syndrome according to the medical reports, he was also described as having above average intelligence.

"You would have had a full understanding this was completely inappropriate conduct," Mijovich told Wong in Hornsby Local Court.

The teacher breached his position of authority and trust, preying on girls he taught, photographing and filming their pelvic and chest areas under their school uniforms in a "brazen, predatory and opportunist" way, agreed facts filed with the court state.

A 16-year-old student, asked to stay behind after class to complete a survey, bumped into a smartboard at Cammeraygal High School on Sydney's lower north shore and revealed a hidden phone strategically placed to film.

Wong immediately leant down to pick up the phone, said he left it there before class, and changed the topic when the girl questioned him.

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Police later found 90 videos and 300 photos of uniformed students, including images taken up skirts and down shirts when they searched his home.

The files were found on two computers, showing him "randomly walking around" his classroom recording on his phone, targeting only the girls.

He walks up next to or behind them, and while supervising their schoolwork, discreetly films their private parts under their school uniforms.

Some videos show him glancing towards the phone before repositioning it, which the magistrate said showed a degree of planning in his offending, occurring over a duration of time.

Wong is eligible for parole in January 2024.

Readers seeking help can contact 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732), or the National Sexual Abuse and Redress Support Service 1800 211 028.

It may be the Matildas' big night but you can expect a huge presence from Sydney's massive Irish population in the stands for the Group B FIFA Women's World Cup opener tonight.

The World Cup is expected to be the most attended women's sporting event in history, with 64 matches to be played over 32 days across Australia and New Zealand.

Australia will face Ireland at Stadium Australia and are big favourites to triumph.

But former Irish star Stephanie Roche told 9news.com.au Australians will be surprised by how big the Irish contingent will be.

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"We are hoping that we will have a good majority of the crowd as well, with green for Ireland."

Earlier in the week Matildas players spoke out about the enormous $483 million gap in prize money between the Men's and Women's world cup.

Roche said for many players it was about more than just the money.

"I know we talk about equal pay and I think for a lot of players it's more about equal treatment," Roche said.

She said previously high-level players had to balance some kind of paid work with football, which you never saw in the men's game.

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"To now see pretty much every player in WSL being paid a decent wage and being able to play at a high level and be treated really well by clubs, it's just brilliant to see.

"I think this World Cup is going to be a huge, huge moment for women's football and I think hopefully it can continue to grow and grow."

The FIFA Women's World Cup will kick off with New Zealand v Norway in Auckland at 5pm and Australia v Republic of Ireland at 8pm.

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A US teenager who was mauled by a shark has revealed how her half-brother saved her life by punching the creature until it let go.

High school cheerleader Addison Bethea, then 17, lost part of her leg after the attack by the 2.7m shark in Florida on June 30 last year.

She was in water just 1.5m deep when she felt something "grabbing her".

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Bethea, now 18, told her story in a new documentary, Why Sharks Attack, broadcast in the UK by the BBC.

She thought the thing tugging on her leg was her half-brother Rhett, she told the filmmakers.

The pair had been looking for scallops.

"I thought it was Rhett as it pulled me under because I didn't feel any pain or anything," she told the BBC.

"But then it started kind of shaking me and that's when I knew it was something else.

"It started biting into my right thigh and I was gouging its eye to get it off me and then it started swimming away with me still in its mouth."

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Rhett, 23, saw the shark and Bethea managed to get her into a boat and to safety after getting it off her by punching it.

"I heard Addison yell and she surfaced and I immediately could see this tail, just slashing back and forth," he said.

"I grabbed her and started hitting it to get it off."

Footage from the shore shows Bethea yelling "help me". 

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She was airlifted to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital for emergency surgery and later had to have her right leg amputated above the knee.

She had to learn to walk again after the attack.

Bethea, who now has a prosthetic leg, managed to graduate from high school and recently revealed on Instagram she was pregnant.

Last year, sharks attacked 16 people in encounters off Florida.

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Failing university students will no longer be cut off from HECS, under changes to the system announced today by education minister Jason Clare.

In 2020, the Morrison government decided to withdraw HECS eligibility from students who were failing more than half their subjects and demand they pay their fees upfront.

That policy will now be scrapped, on the recommendation of the panel tasked with overhauling the university sector, the Australian Universities Accord.

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An interim report by the Accord released today estimates the percentage of the Australian workforce that has a university degree will increase from the current rate of 36 per cent to 55 per cent by 2050.

The government has agreed to implement five measures recommended in the report to make university more accessible to students in the regions and outer suburbs of major cities.

In addition to abolishing the 50 per cent pass rule, the government will establish more regional and suburban study hubs across the country.

Funding will be expanded to ensure all First Nations students are guaranteed a place, so long as they meet all the eligibility criteria for the course for which they have applied.

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Currently, this only applies to Indigenous students in regional and remote Australia.

"This report makes it clear that more and more jobs will require a university qualification in the future," Clare said in a statement.

"At the moment, almost one in two Australians in their late 20s have a university degree.

"But not everywhere.

"Only 15 per cent of young people from poor families have a university degree. And only 18 per cent of young people in the regions do.

"This report makes it clear that this has to change."

The government has also promised to extend the Higher Education Continuity Guarantee for a further two years to provide certainty to universities while the higher education review is underway and improve university governance to ensure student safety and employee rights.

Minister of Education Jason Clare will address the National Press Club today to announce the measures.

The full report is due to be handed to the minister by the end of the year.

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A Queensland mother-of-two had a remarkable encounter with the ocean's gentle giants over the weekend when a leaping whale put on quite the show. 

Leanne Gordon was on the water with Cooly Tweed Cruises on Sunday when a "playful" humpback suddenly breached right next to the boat.

Gordon, who was with her adult daughter Karly and four international students she was hosting, was left gobsmacked.

But the marvellous encounters didn't stop there; half a dozen curious marine mammals continued to approach the boat.

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"It was very slow for the first half hour and then we saw around four different pods," Gordon told 9news.com.au.

"In the end, we had close encounters with approximately six."

Gordon said the highlight "was definitely when one breached so close to the boat".

She said it left a crew member "in shock". 

"I saw it come up beside the boat and then it just came out of the water," Gordon explained.

"The lady in the photo is a crew member and she had just moved to where she was and was very surprised.

"Its fin hit the side of the boat as it came down.

"I was the only person lucky enough to capture the moment."

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Whale highway teeming with animals

Every year starting from around May, tens of thousands of humpback whales migrate up the east coast of Australia from the freezing waters of Antarctica.

Wildlife scientist, Dr Vanessa Pirotta, told 9news.com.au the whale highway is in full swing now with animals observed going both north and south.

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"Generally, humpback whales swim up from Antarctica to warmer waters every year to have their young, but how long they stay in those waters varies," Pirotta said.

"It's dictated by a number of factors.

"These include environmental or social factors, for instance, mothers with young may prefer quieter waters, or perhaps whales might hear the call of others and decide the waters over there are worth swimming by.

"How long they stay in Australian waters might vary."

A month ago a rare white whale was spotted off the Queensland coast, fuelling hopes the beloved Migaloo had been sighted.

Pirotta added conservative estimates place the east coast population of humpbacks at greater than 35,000 individuals, and reminded people to keep a distance.

"You should keep at least 100-metres away," she said.

"Whales may choose to come to you. If so, it is best to keep the vessel in neutral or turn off engines until the whale is sighted at a safe distance from the vessel."

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The prime minister has confirmed the government will not make reparation payments to Indigenous Australians and Australia Day will not change dates, during a heated debate about the Voice to parliament with broadcaster Ben Fordham.

In a tense half-hour discussion where Fordham claimed sliding polls showed the Voice appeared doomed to fail, the 2GB presenter put a number of potential scenarios to Anthony Albanese, asking what would happen if the Yes vote wins the referendum.

"What if 12 months down the track the Voice says we want to change the date of Australia Day? What do you say as prime minister?" Fordham asked.

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Albanese responded: "Well, what we say is that we have no plans to change Australia Day … absolutely."

Fordham then asked if the Voice could somehow pressure future governments to pay compensation for how Australia was colonised, and the impact on Indigenous Australians.

"No, Ben, I can't say it any clearer," Albanese said.

"Compensation has nothing to do with what people will vote on."

Multiple polls have shown how support for Yes has steadily dropped since the start of the year, but Albanese insisted Australians will "focus" when the time to vote draws nearer.

Albanese is yet to announce the Voice to parliament referendum date.

"This is the most disadvantaged group in Australia," Albanese said, reflecting on the multitude of societal challenges Indigenous Australians face.

"There's an eight-year life expectancy gap. There is a greater chance of an Indigenous young male going to jail than to go to university."

Fordham then asked if the Voice could potentially allow Indigenous people access to the pension early.

"Governance will make decisions based upon representation," Albanese replied, adding that "of course we will" say no to suggestions that the government does not see working.

"The Voice will not have the right to veto a government decision," he said.

"Our system of government will not change.

"There won't be someone sitting in the cabinet room. There won't be someone who's not elected sitting in the parliament.

"And that's why I say this is a modest request. This is just an opportunity to listen."

Albanese said Indigenous Australians were primarily concerned about practical outcomes of health and education and housing and incarceration rates.

"We need to do better."

When Fordham asked if the Voice would have a direct line to the Reserve Bank of Australia, Albanese was incredulous.

"I can't talk directly to the RBA board, and I'm the prime minister. So, no, Ben."

Albanese accused Fordham of reading his questions directly from the "no" pamphlet, which was published on the Australian Electoral Commission website yesterday, an allegation the broadcaster vehemently denied.

"Excuse me, prime minister … I am not reading from the No pamphlet."

Fordham suggested Albanese could avert a referendum defeat and generate a "win, win" outcome if he "split up" the questions being asked of Australians.

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Australians, Fordham claimed, would vote yes to constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians and that any Voice to parliament should be legislated instead, similar to what Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is proposing.

"If you continue on this current path, and you keep the two tied together, you may end up with a lose, lose," Fordham said.

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Albanese countered he was "a pragmatic guy" and that the referendum was what Indigenous Australians were calling for and many Australians would support.

"They don't just want recognition, the symbolism of recognition. They want something that will make a practical difference to their lives."

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