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- A mounting death toll from a plane crash in South Korea
- Authorities identify a man killed in shark attack off in Queensland
- Nick Krygios speaks out about doping scandals in tennis
Authorities in South Korea say all but two passengers on board an aircraft that drove off the runway and crashed into a wall at Muan Airport have been killed.
Local news agency, Yonhap reported the crash saying the Jeju Air plane, carrying 175 passengers and six flight attendants was flying back from Thailand's capital Bangkok.
Authorities have confirmed the nationalities of the passengers as 173 South Koreans and two Thai nationals.
Local media is reporting the crash may have been caused by birds getting caught in the plane's systems.
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Officials have identified a 40-year-old man who died after he was attacked by a shark in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef, as Luke Walford.
A Queensland ambulance spokeswoman had told the police the man died at the scene after sustaining a significant life-threatening wound to his neck.
The pastor was fishing with his family off Humpy Island in the Keppel Bay Islands National Park, about 18 kilometres off the central Queensland coast when the incident took place.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has described the damage of Victoria's Grampians bushfire that has affected more than 75,000 hectares of land, as a devastating fire event.
He says it is unfortunate for the families in the area, as well as volunteers who have provided assistance to spend their Christmas doing recovery work.
"We live in a country which has harsh conditions. It's always had fires, it's always had these extreme weather events, but the truth is they're becoming more frequent and more intense. And that has been something that I've been prime minister for two and a half years and I have been to natural disasters and extreme weather events in every single state and territory of the country."
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People aged 55 years and over are being encouraged to maintain a regular exercise and movement practise to support healthy ageing.
In the seaside town of Woolgoolga in northern New South Wales, small business owner and former Olympic athlete Trudy Kristensen says there has a steady and loyal following with a group of over 55s in her Crossfit gym.
Those in the group are aged between 55 and 75 years old.
Kristensen told SBS, it is rewarding to see the group maintaining physical and mental health through regular movement.
"They push themselves, it gives them this meaning and purpose, self-confidence. It just brings so much joy to me when I see a 55 plus doing more than a 20 year old because they know that grace. Grunt only gets you so far, grace will get you the rest of the way."
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Nick Kyrgios will make his long awaited return to competitive tennis tomorrow.
The Australian has slammed the sport's integrity as disgusting, following a string of doping scandals this year, involving grand slam champions Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek.
For someone, a kid that grew up playing tennis and I enjoyed the competition, I enjoyed playing, you know, I can get emotional, I can throw a racket, but that's nothing compared to cheating and taking performance enhancing drugs. That's ridiculous, in my opinion. So I'm not going to shut up about it anyway.
Kyrgios will be facing his first match in 18 months against French professional Giovanni Perricard.
