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

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.

  • byJulie Power

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Popular WA tourist destination bans shark fishing

Popular WA tourist destination bans shark fishing

Fisheries Minister Don Punch banned wire trace within 800 metres of the shore along Perth’s metropolitan coastline in 2023. This regional council has weighed in.

  • byHolly Thompson
The schoolboy,the actor and the criminal’s severed arm:Sydney’s most famous shark tales
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The schoolboy,the actor and the criminal’s severed arm:Sydney’s most famous shark tales

Thankfully,the woman whose leg was mauled on Monday night will survive. Over the centuries,the outcome has been much more horrific.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
Shark barrier up on Perth’s Swan River

Shark barrier up on Perth’s Swan River

The barrier at Bicton Baths is about four kilometres from the Fremantle traffic bridge,where 16-year-old Stella Berry was attacked while swimming in February.

  • byAaron Bunch
Should we let sharks tell us where to swim this summer?

Should we let sharks tell us where to swim this summer?

Shark attacks are on the increase,so we should do whatever is necessary to keep people safe.

  • byBrad Emery
Dead sharks left at beaches as bans push fishers further south of Perth

Dead sharks left at beaches as bans push fishers further south of Perth

Activists fighting against shark fishing in the Perth metropolitan area are calling on local governments further south to ban the practice.

  • byHolly Thompson
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WA government eyes shark hunting restrictions after campaigner threat

WA government eyes shark hunting restrictions after campaigner threat

Acting fisheries minister Reece Whitby has labelled those who made the threat as knuckleheads,and urged people to report illegal activity.

  • byHolly Thompson
‘We sat there with tweezers and Super Glue just going insane’
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‘We sat there with tweezers and Super Glue just going insane’

Step inside the process of building a prehistoric shark.

  • byAngus Dalton
Swimming with sharks:We do it,time after time,and Simon Nellist would not have wanted them culled
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Swimming with sharks:We do it,time after time,and Simon Nellist would not have wanted them culled

As an ocean swimmer,I’ve been among sharks this week. Despite rare tragedies,we must respect that the sea is the sharks’ home - and we can co-exist,happily.

  • byJulia Baird
Swimmers ‘at risk’ as divers rally evidence of Perth beach trophy hunts

Swimmers ‘at risk’ as divers rally evidence of Perth beach trophy hunts

As fishers vie for catches to celebrate with photography on social media,others are documenting how they attract the sharks to Perth’s most popular beaches.

  • byEmma Young andHolly Thompson
‘False sense of security’:Council calls for removal of shark nets at Bondi Beach

‘False sense of security’:Council calls for removal of shark nets at Bondi Beach

The NSW government has rebuffed calls to end the use of shark nets to protect beachgoers from shark attacks.

  • byAndrew Taylor