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Cottesloe Beach was closed shortly after 7.40am on Wednesday after the shark was spotted inside the protected enclosure.

Shark freed from Cottesloe Beach barrier after 27-hour operation

A two-metre bronze whaler inside a new shark barrier at Cottesloe Beach has been freed after a 27-hour operation, but the probe into the animal allegedly being shot with a speargun continues.

  • Jesinta Burton

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Shark nets could be removed permanently from Sydney beaches.

Why shark nets might not return to Sydney’s beaches next summer

The science has been clear for some time that the mesh nets do little to protect humans, yet do much harm to non-target animals. The politics is finally catching up.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
‘Trevor the shark’ spotted swimming off Perth beaches. Picture: 9News Perth

Close encounter with ‘Trevor’ the tiger shark prompts call for quicker Perth beach warnings

A number of tiger sharks were spotted by a keen wildlife videographer last week, who even used his drone to warn a woman that she was dangerously close to one of them.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt and Andrew Du
Macquarie University study to prevent shark bites on surfers.

Preventing shark attacks with a clever trick of the light

Australian scientist Laura Ryan thought she could save surfers by fooling sharks. She spent months throwing boards into shark-infested waters to prove it.

  • Jordan Baker
Australian research aims to use LED lights to confuse sharks and stop them biting surfers and boarders. (VIDEO: Macquarie University)
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Stumping the shark

Australian research aims to use LED lights to confuse sharks and stop them biting surfers and boarders. (VIDEO: Macquarie University)

Medical crews left the bandage applied by on-scene bystanders to the 57-year-old woman’s shark attack wounds, although she was expected to have received stitches in hospital.

‘Hats off to the first-aiders’: Woman endures marathon rescue after shark attack off Qld coast

The 57-year-old was snorkelling 200km out from Mackay when she was bitten on the calf. Thankfully, those around her knew what to do.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
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In defence of the Datsun

Shift happens.

Ken Done with Leah Djikic, whose artwork inspired him.

How 11-year-old Leah’s art ended up in a museum, and inspiring Ken Done

Ten children were inspired to draw or paint sharks or rays, endangered or at risk from overfishing. Then acclaimed artists were prompted to do their own works.

  • Julie Power
How long a limb has been detached is a major factor.

A leg or a useless paperweight: When can a severed limb be reattached?

When a surfer’s leg washed up on a NSW beach after he was mauled by a three-metre shark, the speculation began. Would surgeons reattach it?

  • Kate Aubusson
A dead grey nurse shark, entangled in a mesh net off the coast of NSW. Image obtained from the NSW government under FOI.

‘Not doing what they should’: Shark nets a threat to critically endangered species

The state government has installed nets to deter sharks at Sydney beaches since 1937 and will do so again next month. But there is growing doubt about their effectiveness.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons

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