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Flat White

Why do our governments favour sharks over swimmers and surfers?

13 September 2020

6:14 PM

13 September 2020

6:14 PM

There was a tragic story last week of the surfer killed by a 3.5-metre great white shark at Greenmount Beach, on the southern end of the Gold Coast.

The 46-year-old, Nick Slater, paddled out where many other surfers were, perhaps over a hundred as there often are.

This stretch of beach, from Snapper Rocks to Kirra, is not called ‘The Superbank’ for no reason.

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