ABC 7.30 Report
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Broadcast: 25/10/2011
Reporter: Nikki Wilson Smith

Shark hunts carried out in the wake of three deaths in Western Australia have caused anger among shark experts. They question the motives behind …

Opinion: October 25, 2011
This year may be remembered as the summer of the shark hunt. Following the third fatal shark attack in Western Australia in the past two months, the state government authorised …

The following is a posting I have done for “The Conservation” from 13 October, 2011.
Western Australia’s Cottesloe Beach has been closed due to concerns a swimmer there was taken by a great white shark.
The public …

The following is a re-post of a 19 October Australian Geographic article that I was interviewed for.
Shark attacks are not common in Australia, but there are things you can do to further reduce the risk.

Great …

The following is a blog posting I have done for the Save Our Seas Foundation:
Tragedy & Praise After a Shark Attack: Cape Town as a Global Leader in Shark Bite Prevention
By Christopher Neff
There are no …

By Nigel Benson
Created 01/01/2011 – 04:55
They are a throwback to an age when we killed what we were scared of. Even their guardians admit they are full of holes. So, why do we persist with them? …

The 2011 International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC) represents the second stand-alone marine conservation meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology’s (SCB) Marine Section. The first IMCC in Washington DC, 2009, attracted over 1200 participants. This …

by Christopher Neff
The battle to define what a legislative vote means, or what is really being voted on, has become a signature sport in the current Senate. While this has always been a tool for …

Saturday: December  18, 2010
OK — so today is the day.
After 9 years working to repeal “don’t ask, don’t tell” and thousands of service members suffering and sacrificing in order to serve — the Senate …