The Australian | Northern NSW teen's miracle escape as shark net row rages The Australian Surfers and fishermen have united in a call to reduce the alarming number of sharks on the NSW north coast, after another attack on a surfer at Ballina yesterday. HSC student Cooper Allen was with friends on the first day of the school holidays at the ... Shark victim 'cracking jokes' Cooper Allen, 17, bitten by shark at Lighthouse Beach in Ballina Ballina shark attack: How the eco barrier became an 'environmental disaster' |