Shark nets: Ballina surfers back in water after confidence-boosting six-month trial

By Peter Hannam
April 30 2017 - 11:00am

Young surfer Cooper Allen's mauling from a great white shark last September was the final straw for the NSW government, which bowed to local community concerns – and media hysteria – and dumped its opposition to shark nets and drum lines on the state's northern beaches.

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