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31 AUGUST 2023
INDEPENDENT LOCAL NEWS • COASTCOMMUNITYNEWS.COM.AU
ISSUE 405
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Dredging underway at last
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The Faucon has landed and dredging is finally underway at Ettalong Channel, with work expected to be completed by the end of October. See page 5
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The Faucon will remove 30,000 cubic metres of sand
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Pearson of Community Environment Network. Also speaking on the day was awardwinning documentarian, conversationist and generational ocean swimmer Toni Houston. With shark nets set to go back out in the water on September 1, the Animal Justice Party says it has no intention of backing down. “The death and destruction caused by shark nets is just unacceptable,” Ryan said. “The 2022-23 shark net report shows that 65 per cent of wildlife caught in shark nets off Coast beaches were threatened or protected species and, of these, 71 per cent were killed.”.
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