Mia Freedman

In fact, it probably is.

But I think we do need to increase our literacy around sharks and how to coexist with them.

Because things that I learned this week included that if you really want to minimize your risk, you shouldn't swim at dawn or dusk.

Did not know that.

You didn't know that?

I didn't know that.

Yeah, I mean, maybe it's my fault.

But these are things I learned this week.

I think I knew that from Jaws, though.

The opening scene is always.

Yeah, I think that could be why.

Another thing I didn't know, in Sydney there are harbour beaches and ocean beaches and while I knew that you were not meant to swim at the harbour beaches after rain, I did not know you were not meant to swim at the ocean beaches after rain.

And another thing is Sydney is just way more rainy now than it was 30 years ago.

The water temperatures are higher and that's contributing also to the fact that there are more sharks coming closer to humans in the water.

So what I think we need is just like we have bushfire risk charts and signs all over Sydney,

The weather report talks about UV indexes.

I do think that we have to figure out a way to be more aware of how to coexist with sharks, and that might involve shark risk warnings, signs on beaches, inclusions in weather reports, and risk assessments like the ones we have with bushfire.

No, and different states are dealing with that in different ways.

Like, for instance, I learned this week that Queensland has year-round shark netting, and shark netting is a bit controversial, but...

That's their way of dealing with it.