Sharks
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- NSW
Coogee shark attack survivor loses arm, family pay tribute
The family of Leah Stewart, 35, say they have been “shocked and devastated” by the attack on the young mother and ocean lover.
- Riley Walter
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- Water safety
How an AI-powered early shark warning system could protect Sydney beaches
An alert system using autonomous drones to detect sharks could be in place by summer, scientists say.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Max Maddison
- Opinion
- Shark debate
We have the technology to prevent shark bites. Will we use it?
From drones, to smart drumlines and personal devices that deter attacks, we have better ways to keep swimmers and surfers safer, but we need to deploy them.
- Culum Brown
Drone ban lifted at Coogee Beach after woman mauled by shark
The government will work with the Civil Aviation Safety Authority and Surf Life Saving NSW to make the exemption permanent.
- Amber Schultz, Michael McGowan and Riley Walter
- Analysis
- Water safety
Shark bites are becoming more common – but a cull won’t work
With Saturday’s shark attack and a horror summer, it is hard as an ocean-loving Sydneysider not to feel under siege.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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- Coogee
‘It just turned into havoc’: Woman in critical condition after shark attack at Coogee Beach
Witnesses have described the terrifying scene when a woman was bitten by a three-metre shark at the popular eastern suburbs beach.
- Julie Power, Jessica McSweeney, Kate Aubusson and Rachel Rasker
Chilling footage shows shark moments after Coogee Beach attack
A three-metre shark swims slowly across the bay moments after a woman was pulled from the water with severe injuries.
- Kate Aubusson
Underwater video shows a Great White Shark swimming in the Mediterranean
Divers captured underwater footage of the shark in the Mediterranean for the first time recently off the coast of Sicily, Italy.
Divers capture ‘insane’ rare footage of great white shark in Mediterranean
The surprise encounter – believed to be the first-ever adult great white filmed underwater in the region – occurred as a team removed abandoned fishing nets from a shipwreck near Sicily.
- Crispian Balmer
‘No evidence’ of more sharks in WA waters as second fatal attack reignites culling debate
WA’s fisheries minister has accused the Nationals of politicising the death of a spearfisherman in Albany on the weekend as two fatal shark attacks in three weeks throws the spotlight on ocean safety.
- Indigo Lemay-Conway and Heather McNeill