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Shark netting is set to finish.

Why Sydney’s shark nets have been removed a month early

A growing number of swimmers and councils have objected to the nets, but politicians have so far proved reluctant to end the program.

  • Nick O'Malley and Caitlin Fitzsimmons

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Shark killers extraordinaire, orcas Port and Starboard.

Two killer whales are hunting down great white sharks, Hannibal Lecter style

Forget Free Willy, this is Silence of the Lambs. Shark experts are trying to figure out how and why these orcas are dispatching one of the ocean’s fiercest predators.

  • Jonathan Edwards
Port Beach was closed on Wednesday following the shark incident.

Man bitten by shark at Port Beach

A swimmer has been rescued from the water off Port Beach in Perth’s south after being bitten by a shark which circled him as he scrambled onto a stranger’s boat. 

  • Heather McNeill
The family of Steven Payne — the Melbourne surfer killed by a shark at a beach near Esperance on Monday — have paid tribute to the “smart, kind, funny and laid-back” 37-year-old.

‘We are devastated’: Family of Esperance shark attack victim pay tribute to beloved ‘gentle giant’

The family of Melbourne man Steven Payne — the surfer killed by a shark at a beach near Esperance — have paid tribute to the “gentle giant”, describing him as a “smart, kind, funny and laid-back” man who cherished his loved ones.

  • Heather McNeill and Jesinta Burton
Wharton Beach near Esperance has been closed following a shark attack on Monday.

Drone captured shark, blood in water moments after Esperance fatal attack

Grave fears are held for a surfer attacked by a large shark in chest-deep water off a WA beach as the community is left reeling from the fourth suspected fatal mauling since 2017. 

  • Heather McNeill
Esperance shark attack victim Laeticia Brouwer.

Timeline of fatal shark attacks along the West Australian coast

Since 2000, 20 people have been killed in shark attacks off the WA coast.

  • Heather McNeill
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A woman has been attacked by a shark at Gunyah Beach and suffered a serious leg injury.

Woman bitten by shark at south Sydney beach

Beaches have been closed across Bate Bay after a woman was bitten by a shark at Bundeena and suffered a serious leg injury.

  • Kayla Olaya and Nick Galvin
The smart drumline trial will finish next week.

Australia second for shark bites as numbers fall worldwide

Worldwide, 47 people were bitten last year in unprovoked incidents, seven of them fatally.

  • Erin Blakemore
Hundreds gathered on the beach to pay tribute to Charlize Zmuda.

Sea of mourners gather around Charlize’s family

Twenty-four hours after local lifesaver Charlize Zmuda was fatally attacked by a shark at a popular Bribie Island beach, more than a thousand locals gathered at a vigil for the teen.

  • Courtney Kruk
A whale shark that popped up beside a boat off the coast of Bermagui.

The water is so warm, even whale sharks are heading south for summer

The ocean giants are commonly seen at Ningaloo Reef in WA. Astonishingly, one turned up on the NSW coast.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons

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