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New rules for island reef where shark fatally attacked park ranger
Tuesday April 27, 2021
A year after 23-year-old Zachary Robba was killed off North West Island, the State Government has introduced new rules for the area.
North West Island is popular with boaties, fishermen and campers. (Source: Department of Environment and Science)
Robba, who worked for the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, had been swimming back to a charter vessel when he was bitten by a shark. He was treated at the scene by a doctor and paramedics, and then flown by helicopter to Gladstone Hospital, but died later that night.
The government has now gazetted changes…
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