Tasmanian teen stable after shark attack

A teenage girl in Tasmania is in a stable condition after being bitten by a white pointer shark.
The 14-year-old was swimming at Binalong Bay, near St Helens, in Tasmania's north east when she was bitten on her right leg about 3.45pm on Sunday.
Witnesses believed the bite came from a five-metre white pointer, Tasmania Police said in a statement.
Staff at the St Helens District Hospital where the teen was taken after the attack refused to comment on the girl's condition, but it is understood she did not sustain life-threatening injuries.
A nurse at the Royal Hobart Hospital said the girl was being airlifted to them for further treatment and she was in a stable condition.
It was the second shark attack in Australia on Sunday, with a man surfing on the far north coast of NSW also bitten.
The man was in a stable condition after being bitten on the fleshy part of his left thigh while surfing about 70m offshore.