A man attacked by a shark in the Whitsundays is in a serious but stable condition after being rescued from a diving pontoon on the Great Barrier Reef. He was rescued by helicopter and flown to the Mackay Base Hospital, where he is in a serious but stable condition. The Whitsundays region has been the site of a number of shark attacks in the last six months. Victorian man Daniel Christidis (33) died in November after being attacked at Cid Harbour at Whitsunday Island during a trip with friends and colleagues. That incident followed separate attacks - also at Cid Harbour - on Tasmanian woman Justine Barwick and Victorian 12-year-old Hannah Papps within 24 hours in September.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 25, 2019 07:18 UTC