Bid to bring back Illawarra’s shark-spotting aerial patrol

By Angela Thompson
Updated February 12 2017 - 1:12pm, first published 12:16pm
Duncan Leadbitter remembers watching the aerial patrol aircraft flying overhead as a boy, and is leading efforts to resurrect the service. Picture: ROBERT PEET
Duncan Leadbitter remembers watching the aerial patrol aircraft flying overhead as a boy, and is leading efforts to resurrect the service. Picture: ROBERT PEET

A new board will attempt to resurrect the region’s shark-spotting Australian Aerial Patrol, almost a year after infighting and allegations of fraud grounded the service. 

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