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Rangers are rejecting calls for a dingo cull at a popular tourist spot despite a woman being hospitalised after she was attacked by a pack of the dogs while jogging on a beach.

She was flown to Hervey Bay Hospital in a stable condition with wounds to her limbs and torso after suffering multiple bite injuries about 9am on Monday, the Queensland Ambulance Service said.

Rangers said at least three dingoes attacked the 24-year-old while she jogged at Orchid Beach in the island's northeast.

She ran into the water to escape the pack.

Two men in a four-wheel-drive saw the incident and rushed into the ocean to help, placing the injured woman in the back of their ute and driving her to safety.

First aid was applied to the woman's injuries and one of the men injured his hand during the rescue.

Despite the growing number of attacks, rangers have angrily rejected calls to cull the dingo population on the tourist destination formerly known as Fraser Island.

"Culling in the situation on K'gari is not an option - culling for the sake of culling," ranger-in-charge Linda Behrendorff said.

"Our job is to mitigate risk.

"You need to know the individuals, you need to work with the individual dingoes and you also need to work with the situation that those dingoes are in."

Rangers confirmed the woman was chased into the ocean by at least three dingoes (known as wongari) and said her actions increased the risk of attack.

"We have been led to believe that she was running alone initially," Ms Berendorff said.

"We need to work with people that are visiting the island - how not to put yourself in a situation that may lead to a compromising position."

At least one of the animals in the pack was classified as a risk and has a collar with a device to track movement and behaviour.

"It is an animal with high-risk potential about it," Ms Behrendorff said.

"One of the dingoes we have identified has been involved in a previous incident which was involved in contact ... it was lunging with an intent to make contact."

Camera collars have been used to track dingo movements and their human interactions on the island since 2011.

The collars are lightweight and are worn by dingoes for up to three months, releasing via a timed drop-off mechanism.

The attack is the latest in a number of incidents, prompting safety warnings for visitors.

This includes an eight-year-old boy being attacked on a beach earlier this month and a dingo dragging a 10-year-old boy under water in June.

Rangers attribute rise in attacks to increasing numbers of people defying restrictions to feed and interact with the animals, with 100 to 200 animals estimated to populate the island.

"This is not normal dingo behaviour," ranger Danielle Mansfield after a recent attack.

"We're seeing an increase in habituated animals, unfortunately from people inadvertently or deliberately feeding animals.

"This creates animals who are not wary of people and they are brazenly going up to adults and children and having inappropriate interactions with them."

Rangers reminded visitors to remain vigilant, especially when supervising children.

"There are too many instances where children are not being appropriately supervised - on K'gari, this means children and teenagers must be within arm's reach of an adult at all times."

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Support for Labor is at its lowest ebb since the 2022 election, with the coalition seizing on a by-election win as a positive sign.

Labor's primary vote has fallen two points to 36 per cent, according to a Newspoll published in The Australian on Monday - its weakest result since it won office with base support of 32.6 per cent.

But coalition strategists say retaining the Queensland seat of Fadden, on the back of a solid vote result in the state in 2022, shows a comeback is possible.

One coalition insider told AAP there was a sense of changed momentum in the Sunshine State, which goes to an election in October 2024.

The LNP's Cameron Caldwell won Fadden with a 2.5 per cent swing in Saturday's by-election, holding it with a 13.3 per cent margin.

Labor's candidate Letitia Del Fabbro polled 22 per cent of the primary vote.

"That means only about one in every five people want to vote for Labor," former Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce said.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese scoffed at the idea the LNP could take solace from the Fadden result.

"I think we did a bit better than we anticipated, given that we were outspent by more than 10 times," Mr Albanese told Sky News.

"The LNP, I don't think can take a great deal from it, apart from holding a seat that they have always held."

The coalition's 34 per cent reading in the latest Newspoll is down a point since the last survey, but up three points on its lowest position in September 2022.

But worryingly for major parties, support for the Greens and Pauline Hanson's One Nation each rose a point to 12 and seven per cent respectively.

Support for other minor parties and independents also rose a point to 11 per cent.

Labor continues to hold a solid 55-45 two-party lead, according to the poll of 1570 Australian voters between July 12 and 15.

Finance Minister Katy Gallagher said the results from the Fadden by-election were expected.

"The matters aren't necessarily linked, but we are certainly focused on cost of living pressures," she told ABC radio.

Shadow treasurer Angus Taylor said inflation issues were front of mind for voters.

"Inflationary pressures are biting deep and hard. It's what Australians want to deal with," he said.

Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie said worsening economic conditions would make the major parties' seats "ripe for the picking" for independents.

Mr Albanese's approval ratings are mainly unchanged, remaining at 52 per cent - the lowest level since he was elected in May 2022.

His dissatisfaction rating dropped a point to 41 per cent, giving him a net approval rating of plus 11.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton's approval ratings fell two points to 36 per cent, while his dissatisfaction rating was unchanged from June's poll at 49 per cent.

His net approval rating is minus 13.

The preferred prime minister ratings reflected these results with Mr Albanese lifting two points to 54 per cent and Mr Dutton dropping three points to 29 per cent.

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek said despite the government losing ground, Labor was unconcerned by the result.

"Polls jump around all the time and we don't take too much notice of it, it's still a very strong position for the government," she told Seven's Sunrise program.

Mr Joyce said rising prices were turning people off the government.

"Power prices, food prices, fuel prices, rent, the Labor Party seems to be oblivious to that and the polls are now reflecting their oblivion," he said.

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A woman jogging along a beach has been left with injuries to her lower body after being bitten by a pack of dingoes in Queensland.

She was flown to Hervey Bay Hospital in a stable condition with wounds to her limbs and torso after suffering multiple bite wounds about 9am on Monday at K'gari, the Queensland Ambulance Service said.

Four dingoes attacked the woman while she was jogging near the Orchid Beach area in the island's northeast, according to media reports, and she ran into the water in a bid to escape.

Queensland's Department of Environment confirmed the woman was chased into the ocean by four wongari (dingoes).

"She is receiving first aid for her injuries," a spokesman said on Monday.

"The full details of the incident are not yet known and the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service will conduct an investigation.

"Residents and visitors to the island are advised to be dingo-safe at all times."

It's the latest in a number of incidents that have prompted safety warnings for visitors to the tourist destination formerly known as Fraser Island.

They include an eight-year-old boy being attacked on a beach earlier this month and a dingo dragging an 10-year-old boy under water in June.

A dingo was euthanised last month following months of attacks, including biting a seven-year-old boy and a 42-year-old woman.

Rangers attribute the increase in attacks to more people defying restrictions and feeding the animals.

"This is not normal dingo behaviour," ranger Danielle Mansfield said after recent attacks.

"We're seeing an increase in habituated animals, unfortunately from people inadvertently or deliberately feeding animals.

"This creates animals who are not wary of people and they are brazenly going up to adults and children and having inappropriate interactions with them."

Rangers continue to remind visitors to remain vigilant, especially when supervising children.

"There are too many instances where children are not being appropriately supervised - on K'gari, this means children and teenagers must be within arm's reach of an adult at all times."

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