Western Australia attacked over funding halt for shark tagging and tracking

Greens MP says tagging and tracking is sensible in shark hazard mitigation and government 'has not got a leg to stand on if it wants to kill any more of them'

The West Australian government has stopped funding the only part of its shark hazard mitigation strategy that made sense, the state opposition and Greens have said.

The Department of Fisheries was allocated $2m for shark tagging and tracking for the 2014 and 2015 financial years.