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White sharks are responsible for most bites.

What the state’s growing system of shark sensors is telling us

Catching, tagging and releasing three species of sharks most commonly involved in biting humans is providing critical intelligence to marine scientists.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons

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I’ve been ocean swimming for 40 years; I know where the sharks are

My swimming group stays about 100m offshore. Most fatalities occur where the waves are breaking. It’s all about education.

  • Paul Ellercamp
Dave Pearson at Crowdy Head on Friday.

‘I was fine with dying’: Dave’s moment of clarity in the seconds after he was mauled by a bull shark

A bull shark killed a young woman at his local beach on Thursday. For Dave Pearson, it was more important than ever that he get back in the water.

  • Riley Walter

Swiss dive instructor risked his life to rescue girlfriend from shark attack

The exchange student heroically fought off a bull shark mauling his girlfriend before carrying her to shore and raising the alarm.

  • Riley Walter
A man was flown to John Hunter Hospital aftr being attacked by a shark at Kylies Beach on the NSW Mid North Coast.

Chaos amid the calm: Woman killed, man mauled by shark on remote NSW beach

The couple, Swiss tourists aged in their 20s, had set out for an early morning swim at the unpatrolled Kylies Beach on the state’s Mid North Coast.

  • Riley Walter and Jack Gramenz
A bull shark swimming with fish in the ocean.

Yes, shark bites are becoming more common, but it’s complicated

More humans are in the water, while climate change is altering the natural range of many shark species.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Shark attack victim Mercury Psillakis and wife Maria.

A shark killed Maria’s husband two months ago. This is what she says Sydney’s beaches need

Maria Psillakis says “questions need to be asked” of the state’s shark alert systems, two months after her husband Mercury was killed by a great white.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo and Massilia Aili
Andy McDonald surfer attacked by shark near Margaret River. Homepage/Index image Picture: Facebook/Supplied

WA windsurfer’s miracle escape from great white shark captured on camera

The encounter shows the man riding with several others before his board is suddenly sucked under the water.

  • Heather McNeill and Cameron Myles
Bonnie Holmes bull shark study.

How many sharks are in the beaches and rivers around Brisbane? More than you’d think

Numbers are booming across the region – but in a handful of areas the population has completely collapsed.

  • William Davis
The marine destruction from shark nets has reignited the debate over shark mitigation strategies.

Shark nets ‘don’t actually do anything’. So why are we using them?

“Those shark nets just aren’t very effective at protecting people. It’s time to start thinking about other things.”

  • Dominique Tassell

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