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An aquatic ecosystems expert at Murdoch University compares the "illegal" and "cruel" killing of four fish to poaching rhinos and elephants for their ivory.

Well-known local surfer Max Marsden is recovering in hospital after being attacked by a shark in Greenough, near Geraldton in Western Australia.

There are only three true cavefish in Australia — including the blind cave eel — which all reside in the country's north-west, inland from the Ningaloo Reef. But pet owners have been disposing of unwanted invasive species in the same waters.

With 90 per cent of its cattle supply cut off by flood-damaged roads, Kimberley Meat Company is thinking outside the box.