The dolphin pod is used to being visited by humans every day in Australia's Tin Can Bay.

The woman was rushed to hospital where she was unable to be resuscitated.

The contingent of Canadian wildfire specialists stationed in Queensland and New South Wales will reach 87 by Jan. 4.

Stephen Tulle, duty officer with the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre, says a group of 15 set out for Queensland Monday, while another group of 21 will fly out later in the week.

The weather bureau said temperatures in southern and central Australia on Thursday may reach between 8 and 16 degrees higher than normal.

Bushfires are a common and deadly threat in Australia’s hot, dry summers, a danger stoked by a sustained period dry weather across the country's east coast.

This is one of Australia's worst bushfire seasons and parts of the country are crippled by severe drought.

The two were "wrestling" in the ocean when the attacks occurred.

Police in Australia are searching for a man without a plan who allegedly robbed a gas station while attempting to disguise himself by wearing a blue shopping bag on his head.

More than 500,000 cattle are feared dead after parts of Queensland, Australia received three years worth of rain in a week.