Premier Chris Minns says he wants to restore confidence to beachgoers after series of shark sightings and attacks
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Shark-spotting drones will fly from dawn to dusk throughout the year at 70 beaches in New South Wales under an expanded monitoring program, the state government says.
The NSW premier, Chris Minns, said the $34m initiative would restore confidence to beachgoers after a series of shark sightings and attacks. They include one by a great white shark on Sydney mother Leah Stewart, who is
no longer in a critical condition
following the attack at Coogee beach earlier this month.

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