Western Australia

Tagging of great white sharks in WA falls by almost 60 per cent since 2023 as fatal attacks are on the rise

The West Australian Charlton Hart

23 Sept 2026 17:53 AEST Summary

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WA great white shark tagging has collapsed this year, putting the State’s mitigation strategy under intense scrutiny after three fatal attacks in four months.

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Niral Score 13.3 mundaneloaded

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Sentiment -0.5 hostilefavourable Sourcing 42 unattributednamed sources Mood 37 sorrowjoyful

5 read zero: political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

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