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Drumlines flagged for a Northern New South Wales beach after a fatal shark attack are yet to be installed almost a year later.
Gold Coast surfer Rob Pedretti was mauled by a shark on Salt Beach on the New South Wales North Coast.
Since the attack surveillance measures including drones and listening stations have been implanted along the Tweed Shire coast.
Further south, beaches between Newcastle and Wollongong have shark nets and tagging while Ballina and Richmond Valley councils have smart drumlines.
Tweed Shire Councillor James Owen believes trialing the smart drumlines would help ease public apprehension.
New South Wales Agriculture Minister Adam Marshall and Tweed MP Geoff Provest discussed drumlines after Mr Pedretti’s death last year, to no avail.
There have been two deadly suspected shark attacks in 2021 with the year not halfway through. The latest on Tuesday was caused by a shark believed to be 4.5m long off the NSW coast.
A woman has suffered horrific injuries to her hips, back and buttocks after being bitten by a shark during a morning swim.
She had been swimming at Merimbula, on the New South Wales south coast, with a friend at 7am on Saturday when she was attacked.
The woman, believed to be in her 60s, was swimming off the main beach, which has now been closed.
Authorities are scouring 30km of coastline, closing all nearby beaches on what would have been a packed 33C day, to search for the shark.
Woman rushed to hospital after being bitten by a SHARK during a swim at a popular beach - as experts close 30km of shoreline in hunt for the beast (pictured, the Merimbula sandbar)
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