Emergency crews were called shortly after 10am (0000 GMT) after being alerted to the 25-year-old being mauled off Ballina, a popular tourist spot some 187 kilometres (116 miles) south of Brisbane.
“We received a call about a 25-year-old man being bitten by a shark at Lighthouse Beach,” a New South Wales ambulance spokeswoman told AFP. “A helicopter and paramedics are on the scene. It looks like he was bitten on the legs.”
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