New South Wales father-of-three Michael Lindquist thought he was coming down with a “simple flu”, but three days later he was in hospital in an induced coma. Unknowingly, the previously fit and healthy 37-year-old from Coffs Harbour had become infected with a flesh-eating bacteria, otherwise known as necrotising fasciitis.  While in hospital, the infection in his leg turned septic and doctors told his wife it…

Four people have been hospitalised after a miniature steam train at a popular Canberra tourist attraction derailed in the middle of school holidays. ACT Police said several passengers were injured when a train carriage at Cockington Green came off its tracks at about 10am on Thursday. “Four people were treated at the scene by ACT Ambulance Service paramedics and transported to hospital,” police said in…

Police are investigating a bizarre series of events involving a burnt-out car with a body inside, a second vehicle driven off a jetty and the detention of a naked man acting erratically on an allegedly stolen boat. The turmoil in the tiny fishing town about 180 kilometres north of Perth began early on Tuesday morning when police were called to a burning car on Indian…