Shark nets have been installed at more than 50 beaches across the state today. But several activists, politicians and community members have gathered at Bondi Beach in protest against the increasingly controversial practice.
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00:00Ineffective, archaic and destructive, that's how anti-sharknet campaigners describe them.
00:09There's no science that says sharknets and killing sharks make beaches safer.
00:15They argue the nets do more harm than good, killing unintended targets.
00:20It's dolphins, it's turtles, it's rays, it's harmless species of shark.
00:26Parks know that the sharknets don't work, councils know that the sharknets don't work,
00:31the public knows that the sharknets don't work.
00:33It's the government that needs to catch up.
00:36The government says it's prioritizing beachgoers' safety, and promises to work with local councils
00:41over summer to explore the issue.
00:43The Minister for Agriculture, Tara Moriarty, says the nets will be removed at the end of
00:48March next year, a month earlier than usual, in response to increased turtle activity in
00:54April.
00:55I certainly congratulate her for taking that initiative, but we need to then take the next
01:00step and the next step, so that the government can actually be in lockstep with where the
01:06community is at.
01:07I know that there are a lot of Liberal MPs that want to see the nets come out, I know
01:11that there are also a lot of Labor MPs that want to see the nets come out.
01:14It just takes one of the major parties to really make that move and do what's right.
01:20An invitation for policy makers to find other ways to live with sharks.
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