WA Premier MarkMcGowanMP said the state government would consider what, if any, safety measures could be introduced to prevent another sharkattack, once it received a report from the Department of Fisheries.
The section of Swan River where a teenage schoolgirl was fatally mauled by a shark on Saturday will be reopened on Monday afternoon and water patrols in the area will end.attacked while swimming near a pod of dolphins as her friends on a jetski watched onThe section of river where schoolgirl Stella Berry was mauled by a shark will reopen on Monday afternoon.
WA Premier Mark McGowan said the state government would consider what, if any, safety measures could be introduced to prevent another attack, once it received a report from the Department of Fisheries. The update comes as Stella’s parents, both school teachers, paid tribute to their “darling daughter”.“She was a beautiful and loving big sister and the best daughter we could have hoped for,” they said in a family statement.
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