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Red and yellow flags at many NSW beaches set to come down as ‘traumatic’ summer season ends
It’s the last day of the patrol season for Surf Life Saving NSW, with the red and yellow flags set to come down at many of the state’s beaches at the end of the day.
It’s been probably one of the most tumultuous and traumatic summers we have seen because of the amount of shark attacks we’ve been involved with. Obviously, the response to the Bondi shooting and the drownings.
So the volunteers have done a great job and I think everyone’s looking forward to scaling back a little bit just over these autumn and winter months.
The heart of this spend is what we’re doing in Bendigo in the production of an additional 268 Bushmasters. And the vast majority of them are destined for the Australian army.