Grandfather Hugh Cox,68,was chatting on the phone with a co-worker when suddenly something was very wrong.
An aerial truck meant to be near the Derrimut fire was instead 40 kilometres away,while another broke down twice as the blaze raged.
A crew member has been winched from the water and airlifted to Broome Hospital after being bitten by a sea snake off Australia's northern coast on Monday.
After spending a day as an observer in the state’s busiest emergency department,there is an unforeseen personal visit to another emergency ward.
The health of firefighters who battled Melbourne’s largest fire in almost seven years in Derrimut is being monitored.
The five Sydney suburbs that are home to the most police officers are,on average,45 kilometres from the CBD. For solicitors,the average is less than four kilometres.
A Perth mother and her two daughters spent hours in hospital after they were allegedly served insect repellent instead of juice at a restaurant in Nedlands.
Diesel fuel dripped through ceilings at the 15 William Street building in the CBD on Tuesday.
An off-duty doctor was fortunately on hand to stop the man’s friends from trying to pull the large splinter out of his head.
A 65-year-old man’s body was found several hours after the father and son were winched to safety on Sunday about 85km off the Bundaberg coast.
WorkSafe has threatened legal action if the ambulance service does not quickly address the worker shortages that are damaging the health of staff and potentially threatening public safety.