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Central Coast Council is to call on the NSW Government for an increase in drone technology for shark mitigation after several of the region’s beaches were closed over the Australia Day long weekend due to sightings. Councillor Jared Wright, who successfully moved an urgency motion on the issue at Council’s January 27 meeting, said Terrigal Beach was closed twice over the weekend due to shark sightings, with Blue Bay and Lakes Beach also closing. This came in the wake of heightened community anxiety due to multiple
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shark attacks in Sydney and on the north coast in the lead-up to Christmas and the closure of Soldiers Beach On January 20. Cr Wright said several smart drumlines in the region had also been inactive over the long weekend. Councillors voted to call on the State Government to increase the use of drone technology at all patrolled beaches in the region and to invite Agriculture Minister Tara Moriarty to meet with councillors and Council staff to discuss what additional measures can be used for shark attack mitigation.
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