Is flying a shark drone a boring job? Possibly – until suddenly it isn’t
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- The Guardian Worldseen 2 Sept, 02:49description edited
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Seventy beaches across New South Wales are part of the $34m dawn-to-dusk drone monitoring program, which one expert has called ‘the best technology we have at the moment’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast “Hey Taha, what’s the visibility like?” shouts a man with a towel slung over his shoulder. “Uh, nice,” says Surf Life Saving New South Wales drone operator Taha Kafil-Hussain. Continue reading...Seventy beaches across New South Wales are part of the $34m dawn-to-dusk drone-monitoring program, which one expert has called ‘the best technology we have at the moment’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast “Hey Taha, what’s the visibility like?” shouts a man with a towel slung over his shoulder. “Uh, nice,” says Surf Life Saving New South Wales drone operator Taha Kafil-Hussain. Continue reading...
- The Guardian Worldseen 4 Sept, 05:08headline rewritten
Sydney’s beaches enter the drone age to get swimmers back in the water after spate of shark attacksIs flying a shark drone a boring job? Possibly – until suddenly it isn’t
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Tue, 1 September 2026
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Sydney’s beaches enter the drone age to get swimmers back in the water after spate of shark attacksTaha Kafil-Hussain flies a drone above Coogee beach. Mostly he zooms in on seaweed or turtles – but occasionally he spots a shark and clears the water Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast “Hey Taha, what’s the visibility like?” shouts a man with a towel slung over his shoulder. “Uh, nice,” says Surf Life Saving New South Wales drone operator Taha Kafil-Hussain. Continue reading...