Queensland’s beaches are protected by nets but the measures are not infallibleA man in his 50s has been killed by a shark at a popular Queensland beach — the sixth fatal mauling in Australian waters this year. The man was attacked by what is believed to have been a large great white at Greenmount Beach near the Gold Coast city of Coolangatta. Beaches in the region, about 50 miles south of Brisbane, the Queensland capital, are among the most popular in Australia and have for decades been protected by shark nets. Today’s death was the first fatal attack on a Gold Coast beach since 1958 and takes the country’s death rate from shark attacks to its highest level since 1934 when seven people died. According to records checked by The Times, the previous highest number of

Source: The Times September 08, 2020 11:05 UTC