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Fishermen in Queensland have caught a shark feeding frenzy on camera.

Tiger, who runs the Tigers Fishing Tips Facebook group, filmed the close encounter near Jacob's Well between Brisbane and the Gold Coast.

He said the sharks had been following their crabbing boat waiting for bait to be cast overboard.

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"I've never seen anything like it," Tiger said.

"You'll get your random one out by your boat when you're in the ocean, but not up in the channel like that."

The water was only about three metres deep, and cloudy enough from dirt that the sharks, despite their size – were barely visible until they were right below the surface.

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The area's popularity as a crabbing region was the issue, Tiger said.

"There are crab pots everywhere, and the smell would be going all up and down the bay on the currents," he said.

He said the sharks would have grown used to following crabbing boats tossing away their bait at the end of the day, and were unlikely to head elsewhere anytime soon.

And this could pose a danger, particularly considering the water visibility.

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Tiger said just before they'd noticed the sharks, he'd been filling his water bottle to wash some mud off their esky, dipping his hand close to the water.

"The bubbling noise going out from the bottle filling up would have been enough to provoke a bite," he said.

"And once they've got hold of you, they'll pull you into the water and then they're done."

Tiger and his friend were only fishing in a tinny, which he said could easily have been tipped over if one of the sharks bumped it.

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"I'm still getting shivers," he said.

And he warned a tragedy could be in the offing. The area is also popular with houseboats that drop anchor before the residents go for a dip to beat the heat.

"It's a disaster waiting to happen," Tiger said.

"I've been on the coast for 40-odd years but now the sharks are just getting out of control."

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A Sydney teen, who was bitten by a highly venomous funnel-web spider while sleeping, has been reunited with a crew of zookeepers that helped save his life.

Ollie Kay, 19, from Hornsby, woke one balmy February night with a burning pain on his forearm.

He pulled back his sheets and saw a large, hairy black spider crawling in his bed.

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His quick-thinking girlfriend filmed the arachnid and a Google search confirmed their worst nightmare.

It was a male funnel-web spider, which is capable of killing an adult in less than 90 minutes.

A terrifying suite of symptoms emerged within minutes: sweating, nausea, heart palpitations and light-headedness.

"The symptoms kind of started showing as we were trying to decide what to do," Kay said.

"I started shaking, sweating a lot.

"That's when we decided to go to hospital."

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Doctors took no chances when Kay arrived at the emergency room and administered two vials of lifesaving antivenom.

But the teen wasn't out of the woods just yet.

The troponin levels of his heart peaked at an alarming level, prompting calls for urgent resuscitation in case a heart attack occurred.

Kay was in hospital for three days for monitoring and was thankfully cleared of a cardiac event.

"They did a lot of heart scans to make sure there was no damage to the heart," Kay said.

His father John said the ordeal was hard to watch.

"The panic came in after, when we realised just how serious it was and what could have happened if we had been there 10-15 minutes later," he said.

"So that's when, as a parent, you think, wow – that was really close."

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Teen meets those who helped save life

Just a month after the bite, the teen toured Australian Reptile Park on NSW's Central Coast, meeting the team who helps produce the antivenom.

The facility is the only place in the world where funnel-webs are milked for venom, which goes to producing antivenom.

Operations manager, Billy Collett, said meeting Kay was one of the highlights of his career.

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"It was incredibly rewarding for the team to meet a funnel-web spider bite survivor – to get to shake the hand of someone who's still here today because of the work we do," he said.

"The team puts an incredible amount of hours into our spider venom milking program.

"To get enough raw venom for just one vial of antivenom, we need to milk 150 spiders.

"It motivates us to keep doing what we do every single day."

There's not been a fatal spider bite in Australia since 1981, when the park's spider venom program was launched.

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Collett said Kay's story shows how important it is to know the correct first aid for funnel-web spider bites.

"Even if you're unsure of what type of spider has bitten you, it's crucial that you treat it as potentially life-threatening and seek urgent medical attention or call triple-zero," he said.

"Ollie's story is a reminder of just how serious a funnel-web spider bite can be."

It is also recommended to apply a pressure immobilisation bandage to a suspected funnel-web bite, should one be at hand.

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A fourth person was confirmed dead and three people remained unaccounted for two days after a powerful explosion at a chocolate factory shook a small town in the US.

West Reading Borough Chief of Police Wayne Holben confirmed the body of a fourth victim was found under debris early Sunday at the RM Palmer Company plant in the borough of West Reading, about 96km northwest of Philadelphia.

Holben asked for continued prayers from the community and vowed that rescuers and officials "will not rest until every single person affected by this tragedy has been accounted for" from the blast that occurred just before 5pm Friday local time.

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Rescue crews have been using heat imaging equipment and dogs to search for possible survivors after the blast destroyed one building and damaged a neighboring building. Crews were now using heavy equipment to methodically and carefully pull debris from the site, Holben said.

Borough Fire Chief Chad Moyer said Saturday night that the chance of finding survivors was "decreasing rapidly" due to the explosion's force and the amount of time that had passed. Mayor Samantha Kaag said officials were "still hopeful to at least get some answers and get some recoveries so that people have that reassurance and that closure."

"We're just trying to hold out as much hope as we can to get the right answers, to get quality answers, to get information to those that are affected and then let it go over to the investigation," Kaag said.

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Officials said they had no update on the condition of a woman pulled alive from the rubble early Saturday. Kaag said she had apparently been on the second floor and was found in a "hopeful circumstance," calling out to rescuers despite her injuries after a dog located her.

Officials also reported no updates on the conditions of those taken to hospitals. Reading Hospital said it received 10 patients and transferred two to other facilities, while two others were admitted in good and fair condition respectively and the others had been discharged.

RM Palmer said in a statement Saturday afternoon that everyone at the company was "devastated" and it was reaching out to employees and their families through first responders and disaster recovery organisations because its communication systems were down.

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Kaag, a volunteer firefighter herself, said rescue crews had been working 12- to 16-hour shifts and were so dedicated to continuing the search that "you have to pull them away at this point" to swap out and get some rest.

Governor Josh Shapiro visited the site Saturday and vowed support from the state.

Kaag said some residents have reported damage to windows from the blast, and she asked people to "take a walk around your house" and report any damage.

State and local fire investigators are continuing to examine the scene to try to determine the cause of the blast.

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Sydney woman Gai Maher was doing hardly anything at all when she had the surprise heart attack she credits with saving her life.

"I was just sitting on my lounge at home and I started to get an ache in my jaw on the right-hand side," Maher said.

Maher, 46, said her first thought was that it was a sinus infection.

"I wasn't really concerned because that's what starts to hurt when I get sinus infections," she said.

"But, about 10 minutes later, the pain moved to the left-hand side as well. I started to think something is not right.

"Then I felt this crushing chest pain." 

Thinking it could be reflux, Maher got up to take some Gaviscon.

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But the pain soon intensified to the point where Maher suggested to her husband that they call an ambulance to their Penrith home, in Sydney's western suburbs.

"The ambulance arrived in about 10 minutes; by that time I was vomiting," she said.

"When I got to hospital, they treated me for an esophageal spasm until they saw my blood results and then went, 'Oh, holy crap, it's a massive heart attack'."

Maher said her heart attack bore no similarities what you would see in the movies, which is why she likes to tell people what it was really like.

"I didn't have left hand left side pain. I didn't pass out and grab my chest and fall to the floor," she said.

Maher was initially diagnosed with myocarditis – inflammation of the heart – while in hospital.

But it would take another nine months, and several more tests, before doctors discovered the root cause of her inflammation.

In July last year, Maher was told she had sarcoidosis – a rare, autoimmune condition that can affect different parts of the body, including the lungs, brain and heart.

In Maher's case, the condition has led to chronic inflammation in her heart – cardiac sarcoidosis.

Before her heart attack, Maher didn't notice any signs that she was dangerously unwell.

"I didn't have any symptoms of cardiac sarcoidosis – so that heart attack really did save my life because it let me know something was wrong," she said.

Cardiac sarcoidosis can be characterised by periods of remission and flare-ups, and the inflammation can travel to other organs in the body.

She has been caught off guard by how expensive the MRI and PET scans she needs to monitor her potentially fatal condition as doctors work on her treatment plan.

MRIs or PET scans are included on the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) for many heart conditions – but not cardiac sarcoidosis.

Maher said she was shocked when her cardiologist referred her to get an MRI, and was she was told it would be $600.

"At the time, my husband had just been retrenched. I went back to the cardiologist and said, 'Look, I can't afford this, can you send me to the hospital instead?''

"He said, 'No, the hospital is going to charge you as well.'"

Maher is likely to need yearly MRI scans for the rest of her life, which will quickly add up to thousands of dollars.

It's a frustrating and costly situation that turned Maher into a reluctant activist.

Maher said she felt compelled to set up an online petition about the issue – which she likens to "medical testing discrimination" – after speaking with other Australians with sarcoidosis.

Melbourne cardiologist James Hare, who is also an associate professor at Monash University, said the lack of imaging rebates for cardiac sarcoidosis patients was worrying.

"Both PET and cardiac MRI scans play a critical role in the diagnosis and management of patients with cardiac sarcoidosis," Hare told 9news.com.au.

"These gaps are a huge concern. We regularly have patients who have to pay hundreds of dollars out of pocket to receive what is now the standard of care for their condition. If they require multiple scans over time, the amounts quickly add up." 

While cardiac sarcoidosis was traditionally not a well-known heart condition, advances in imaging techniques, such as MRI and PET scans, meant more patients were now being diagnosed and offered better treatments, he added.

However, Hare said he had known of patients who were forced to cancel their scans because they could not afford them.

"In our centre, we have been fortunate in that our radiology and nuclear medicine departments have been able to absorb the cost for some, but not all, of our own patients, but this is not sustainable. 

"The lack of equity of access to cardiac MRI and PET scans through the MBS is a major issue across Australia and one which really needs to be addressed."

Other rare heart conditions where there is no Medicare rebate for assessment scans include myocarditis, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and cardiac amyloidosis.

Melbourne mum Rita Layfield was diagnosed with sarcoidosis in her lungs in 2019.

When she began getting chest pains last year, she went to see a cardiologist who referred her for an MRI to see if the inflammation had spread to her heart.

Layfield said she needed to go on a payment plan in order to afford the $500 scan.

"It was a big decision on whether or not I was going to do it or not because it was a lot of money," Layfield said.

"They had already done an echocardiogram and they could see that something in my heart wasn't working properly – so that's why I needed the MRI. It was an important scan that I felt I should get."

To Layfield's relief, the MRI showed the sarcoidosis had not spread to her heart. 

Layfield said she would most likely put off getting another scan, if her doctor ordered one, because of the cost.

Tanya Hall, who is the CEO of patient advocacy group Hearts4Heart, said gaps in Medicare funding for cardiac imaging tests were putting up barriers to good healthcare for patients with serious heart conditions.

"It can be incredibly challenging for patients, especially if their conditions does not fit neatly into established diagnostic categories or treatment protocols," Hall said.

"This is because many Medicare relies on standardised diagnostic criteria and treatment guidelines to determine coverage and reimbursement policies.

"It can be extremely costly and somewhat traumatising for a patient when looking for a diagnosis," she said.

A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Aged Care said before any medical service could be listed on the MBS it needed to be assessed by an independent, expert panel – the Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC).

"There are currently no applications to MSAC seeking listing on the MBS for MRI or PET for rare heart conditions.  However, there is an application for Cardiac MRI in the diagnosis of myocarditis that is currently being considered by MSAC," the spokesperson said in a statement.

"The Department of Health and Aged Care continues to work with the diagnostic imaging sector to determine what types of clinical indications might be appropriate for MSAC assessment and what clinical evidence would be required.  

"Generally however, an application would need to be submitted by a relevant medical professional body as they would be familiar with any current clinical evidence to support an application." 

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Tensions have flared in a grieving community in Queensland's far north after police shot a 27-year-old man dead, ending a four-hour siege.

The fatal shooting in the remote town of Mareeba near Cairns is now at the centre of an independent investigation.

Police were called to an address on Love Street about 11.30am yesterday after reports a man had threatened self-harm.

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"It's alleged that a 27-year-old man was armed with a knife refusing to allow a female to leave that property," Detective Superintendent Sonia Smith said.

Police accused the man of charging towards them and shot him dead at 3.30pm yesterday.

Despite being given CPR, he died at the scene.

Locals say they are angry about what happened.

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Body-worn-camera footage will form part of an independent investigation and a community meeting has been held.

Grieving loved ones have posted online saying they won't give up their fight for justice.

"We cry here now because we lost someone we love," Jeanne Lyall said in a video.

An investigation is being handled by the Ethical Standards Command, which will provide a report to the State Coroner and be overseen by the Crime and Corruption Commission.

"The investigation will take as long as it needs to take to ensure it's independent, transparent and provides answers for the man's family and for everyone involved in this matter," Smith said.

Police wouldn't but drawn on whether the alleged weapon had been found, saying that was part of the investigation.

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The New South Wales election is over and the state will soon have a new government – but the incoming premier might still be getting used to the idea.

Labor leader and premier designate Chris Minns fronted the cameras today for a post-election media conference, laying out his top priorities for the coming weeks.

But there was also a quick slip when Minns spoke of the issues facing NSW, stating "if we win" – before quickly correcting himself with a smile.

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It's indicative of the surprise scope of Labor's electoral victory that saw the Coalition turfed from power after 12 years in office.

Minns said the win was a "really humbling experience".

"The message from the people of NSW is they want us to get to work," he said.

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He said one of the government's top priorities would be the removal of the wage cap for essential workers, as part of a broader strategy for worker retention, especially in health and education.

The government will aim to increase nursing numbers to one nurse for every three patients, as well as recruit 500 regional paramedics, and convert thousands of teachers on contracts to permanent employees.

The Sydney train network and adding Sydney Water to the NSW Constitution will also be high on the agenda.

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"Regardless of who the people of NSW voted for, or who their local MP is, a Labor government in NSW will work on behalf of everybody in this state," Minns said.

"The challenges facing this incoming government will be huge."

Minns attributed the election win to hard work on the ground, with Labor candidates and MPs mingling with their communities.

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He praised outgoing premier Dominic Perrottet as "a genuinely lovely person" and praised the way the election campaign had been conducted.

"At least from this election onwards, nobody will be able to say it's impossible to run a positive and optimistic campaign," he said.

"I do hold (Perrottet) in high regard. I don't think this political campaign diminished him at all."

Minns said he would meet with his senior ministers-elect this afternoon.

Perrottet this morning said he was proud of the work his government had done and of the team he had led.

He backed up his sentiments from the night before, when he urged NSW to unite behind Minns.

"Politics shouldn't be about personalities and I've always believed that," he said.

"I ran for Parliament because it's all about ideas and and having a debate, and that's the way I want it to be."

But recriminations from within the Liberal Party are expected after the party failed to hold on to key seats.

Former Health Minister Brad Hazzard's electorate of Wakefield, after 30 years of voting Liberal, turned to Labor.

Penrith MP Stuart Ayres also saw his voters flip to Labor.

Counting continues in several seats, including Pittwater, currently held by Infrastructure Minister Rob Stokes. 

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The grieving family of a 19-year-old woman left to die on the side of the road is pleading with a driver to hand himself in.

Lara Guglielmi was a passenger in a stolen car when it smashed into a Mercedes SUV in Thomastown in Melbourne's north in the early hours of the morning.

Paramedics tried to save her but she died. The driver fled the scene.

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Guglielmi's family say they have been "ripped apart" by her death, saying said she's "gonna be so missed".

"She's just a beautiful, beautiful kid," her stepmother said.

"She was the most courageous child, she was always happy.

"Her dad was like a best friend. No parent should ever have to bury their child."

Police believe the white Kia Cerato she was in sped down Mahoneys Road, smashing into the Mercedes as it turned onto the main road.

The collision sent it spinning and the Kia hurtling into a fence.

Another female passenger is in hospital and the driver left the scene.

Guglielmi's family said she "just made a bad choice to get in a car", as they appealed for the driver to contact police.

"We'd really like the person who was driving the car to come forward and hand yourself in so that we can have some type of closure or peace, that you will be punished for your crimes."

A couple in the SUV were also taken to hospital were they remain in a stable condition.

Detectives have several leads and have seized a baseball cap and mobile phones from inside the car as they hunt the driver.

"I don't know why they didn't ring a friend, ring the police, knock on a neighbour's door so I want to know I want them to come forward and tell us what happened," Detective Sergeant Luke Miller said.

What's left of the Kia will be taken for further forensic examination. Police say it was likely travelling well over the speed limit

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South Australia has become the first Australian jurisdiction to legislate an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, with thousands braving the wet weather in Adelaide to mark the moment.

"Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander people have invited us to walk with them, and today in South Australia we have accepted that invitation," Premier Peter Malinauskas said after the legislation passed Parliament.

Some protesters also made their voice heard, but they were outnumbered by the thousands celebrating.

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"I think the majority of South Australians are certainly behind this," one attendee told 9News.

The Voice will consist of 46 elected members across the state, representing six regions.

Two members will be selected from each area, making up a body of 12 people that will have direct communication to parliament and government departments.

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"Nothing that we've done today will diminish anyone else but it will absolutely ensure that Aboriginal voices are heard more clearly and more of a role in decision making," Attorney General Kyam Maher said.

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Australians as a whole, meanwhile, will have their say on the national Voice as the government prepares a referendum to go before federal parliament.

But the South Australia Voice is expected to be up and running before the rest of the country votes.

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