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More than 20 endangered turtles, a dolphin and a humpback whale were entangled in New South Wales shark nets last year.

Marine advocacy groups are calling for the "curtains of death" designed to protect swimmers from sharks to be removed after a new report on the 2021-2022 season found 325 of the 376 animals caught in them were non-targeted, critically endangered species.

"Here we have the NSW Government actively continuing their killing nets off our coasts, targeting all marine life whose path they cross with a cruel, painful and barbaric end," said Sea Shepherd Australia's Managing Director Jeff Hansen.

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"Australia has a global responsibility to protect vulnerable, endangered and critically endangered species."

The NSW shark net program currently consists of 51 nets from Newcastle to Wollongong that are used for eight months each year.

The nets are removed for four months of the annual migration of humpback whales in a bid to reduce harm.

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Here's a breakdown of the animals caught and killed this season, according to the NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Critically endangered:

• 28 White Sharks caught, 18 killed
• 14 Grey nurse sharks caught, 5 killed
• 2 Great hammerhead sharks caught and killed

Endangered:

• 16 Leatherback turtles caught, 5 killed
• 4 Loggerhead turtles, 2 killed
• 1 humpback killed

Vulnerable:

• 19 Green turtles caught, 14 killed

Protected:

• 1 common dolphin killed

The NSW DPI 2021/22 report revealed 62 per cent of animals died in the nets, with the rest released alive.

The nets caught 51 of the three targeted species – white, bull and tiger sharks.

Sea Shepherd Australia is calling on the government to permanently remove the shark nets in NSW and to finalise the state's commitment to modern, non-lethal technologies such as drone surveillance.

"It's time the NSW Government left 1930's solutions in the dark ages and scrapped these curtains of death now."

9News.com.au has contacted the NSW government for comment.

Swimmer protection

Great white sharks alone have been responsible for all fatal NSW shark attacks over the last two years.

Earlier this year, a famed Sydney ocean swim was cancelled after a swimmer was fatally mauled by a shark off Little Bay, in the city's eastern suburbs.

NSW recorded the highest number of unprovoked attacks in 2021, with eight in total according to Taronga Zoo's Australian Shark-Incident Database.

According to the Global Shark Attack File, NSW saw two fatalities in both 2021 and 2020.

In 2020 NSW saw a total of eight unprovoked attacks.

Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin are preparing to hit the West where it hurts, by turning off a vital gas pipeline to Europe so it provides a trickle of its capacity.

Reports indicate the flow of gas will be reduced from this afternoon (AEST), with serious implications for an anxious European Union.

Russia's state-owned gas company Gazprom said it will cut supplies through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Germany in half, to just 20 per cent of its capacity.

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If this eventuates, the West will find itself in unchartered territory when it comes to whether Europe will have enough gas to get through the winter.

Since Russian troops invaded Ukraine, triggering a wave of US-led sanctions, Gazprom has already cut back the flow of gas through Nord Stream 1 to 40 per cent of capacity.

This has sent prices through the roof and hit energy-intensive industries hard.

Companies warn that they often can't switch overnight to other energy sources.

The disruptions in Russian energy trade with the EU already are stoking inflation to record levels in Europe and threatening to trigger a recession just as the bloc was recovering from a pandemic-induced slump.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Putin of using the critical gas pipeline as a weapon, against of a broader energy war which has seen global prices spike up.

"All this is done by Russia deliberately to make it as difficult as possible for Europeans to prepare for winter," Zelenskyy said.

"This is an overt gas war that Russia is waging against a united Europe."

The Biden administration has been working furiously behind the scenes to keep European allies united against Russia, US officials say.

"This was our biggest fear," said the US official.

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The impact on Europe could boomerang back onto the US, spiking natural gas and electricity prices, the official said.

It will also be a major test of European resilience and unity against Russia, as the Kremlin shows no signs of retreating from Ukraine.

The US and Brussels have been pleading with EU members to save gas and store it for winter.

Energy ministers today agreed in principle to cut gas use by 15 per cent from August to March.

Although the EU has agreed to embargo oil and coal from Russia starting later this year, the bloc has refrained from sanctioning Russian natural gas because Germany, Italy and some other member states rely heavily on imported gas.

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A top Qantas executive has apologised for lost bags and flight troubles in the past few months of airport mayhem.

The issues have not been limited to one airline, with airports around the country struggling to deal with surging demand following years of shutdown.

Qantas Domestic and International CEO Andrew David told 2GB he recognised people had "high expectations" of the national carrier.

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"Clearly, over the last few months, we have not been delivering what we did pre-COVID," he said.

But he said the situation was improving, even following a chaotic school holiday break that saw passengers – of all airlines – facing immense queues and a plague of lost luggage on their trips.

"Actions speak louder than words," David said.

He said Qantas' call centre times had improved, while the mishandled bag rate was returning to pre-COVID levels.

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Prior to the airline industry's two-year shutdown in 2020, that rate was five bags per 1000, or 0.5 per cent.

This morning, David said, the rate had moved to seven per 1000.

He said Qantas was taking two main steps to smooth out air travel for people.

This month and next, the airline will reduce some of its flights, in response to operational pressured.

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And it will continue its hiring and training blitz.

David said Qantas had hired more than 1000 people since Easter, and increased its number of ground staff by 15 per cent.

It's hoped those extra numbers will allow Qantas to once again operate at full capacity.

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A Queensland man has been charged over two alleged shootings on the Gold Coast last month.

The 32-year-old was arrested following a siege in Nerang which started on June 8 and continued for 20 hours, shutting down much of the suburb and forcing locked-out residents to sleep in their cars.

Police now claim the man is responsible for firing bullets into a couple's vehicle days earlier on June 4, which grazed a 55-year-old man on the back of the neck, and shooting into a Gold Coast police beat on June 6.

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The couple had been on the way to dinner with their son around 5pm in Coolangatta when the man felt a sharp graze and then blood running down his neck.

A bullet had been allegedly shot into the vehicle, shattering the window.

The man was treated for a minor injury to his neck.

On June 6 at around 3.45am, officers at an Arundel police beat awoke to the sound of gunshots piercing the front glass door of the property.

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Police allege at least two shots were fired, hitting the police beat and a police vehicle.

No one was injured in the "extremely concerning" shooting but a police officer was present with his family at the time.

The 32-year-old has been charged with dangerous conduct with a weapon and assault causing harm for allegedly shooting at the couple.

He's been charged with an additional offence of dangerous conduct with a weapon and wilful damage to police property for the Arundel incident.

The man will appear at Southport Magistrate's Court on August 9.

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