All marine life matters but, as a physician and a volunteer surf lifesaver, I must place the protection of human life above all else.
The decision to remove the shark nets at the end of March before the end of the patrolled season and while the ocean is still warm and swimming and surfing popular puts human life at unacceptable risk and places additional strain on surf lifesavers . Beyond dispute, shark nets save human life: nine people at a median age of 17 were mauled to death by sharks on Sydney beaches in the decade before netting began in 1937 and none at a netted beach in the subsequent 87 years.
, August 1). But please do not misunderstand me: I do not mean, in any way, to justify the abhorrent rise in costs for such a degree, as imposed by the previous government. We all had such hopes for the new Labor broom sweeping away the dire disregard for the inequities in education at all levels shown by the Coalition government.
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