1.  It was later tackled by fisherman but battled its way free.The attack was the second within days in Australian waters.

2.  The Australian salt water crocodile will hunt and eat swimmers.

3.  Parer said the agreement will ensure tuna fishing in Australian waters was conducted under tight management control.

4.  A fleet of fishing boats that has been poaching the valuable Antarctic Toothfish all through the Southern Ocean has been sighted in Australian waters, officials said Monday.

5.  Although Japan is banned from Australian waters, it can take any size catch of tuna it wishes from other waters.

6.  Asylum seekers caught in Australian waters and who refused to sail away were taken to camps on the Pacific island nations of Papua New Guinea and Nauru.

7.  Australia has also asked Indonesia and Malaysia for more help in stopping the asylum seekers before they reach Australian waters.

8.  Australian Prime Minister John Howard sparked international outrage when he ordered an elite commando unit to board the Tampa after its captain defied orders not to enter Australian waters.

9.  Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Monday refused to give permission for the ship to enter Australian waters.

10.  But when the Tampa then continued toward Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean to unload its new human cargo, Australian authorities banned it from entering Australian waters.