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Family of Western Sydney rock fisherman who drowned at Port Kembla calls for mandatory lifejackets
The family of a Western Sydney grocer believes their loved one would still be alive had lifejackets been made mandatory at a notoriously dangerous rock-fishing spot.
Key points:
- Five people have died at the notorious Hil 60 rock platform in Port Kembla in the past month
- The brother of one of the deceased says lifejackets should be mandatory in light of the deaths
- Wollongong Mayor Gordon Bradbery says lifejacket laws are ineffective without enforcement and education
Mojaffar Ahammed, 37, and Mahade Khan, 30, were not wearing lifejackets when the friends cast their rods into rough seas while standing on a rock shelf near Port Kembla on February 12.
Their fate was similar to three other men, who died after being swallowed by a freak wave at Hill…
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