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Three children airlifted to hospital after suspected Irukandji jellyfish stings on K'gari (Fraser Island)

Three children have been airlifted to hospital after receiving suspected Irukandji jellyfish stings on K'gari (Fraser Island).

One primary-school-aged girl was attended to by a rescue helicopter crew just after 10:30am on Tuesday after being stung on her chest while swimming in a creek near Wathumba beach.

She was flown with her father to Hervey Bay Hospital in a stable condition.

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