SHARK sightings are increasing at popular Australian beaches, raising the ominous possibility of fatalities this summer.
ALMOST 200 shipwrecks in South Australian waters will be protected under new laws.
OPPOSITION Leader Brendan Nelson has warned that Prime Minister Kevin Rudd may be risking Australia's relationship with Japan with his proposal to use the military to monitor Japanese whalers.
New Zealand: Canterbury will ultimately become a link in the Northland Dive Trail, a chain of sunken ships reaching from Tutukaka to the Cavalli Islands.
JAPAN has made no agreement to stop hunting humpback whales, its foreign ministry said today.