West Australian editor defends 'Jaws' front page image of shark pursuing children

Image met with accusations of fearmongering, but after two fatal shark attacks in five days, Brett McCarthy says risk of mauling is 'now clearly a public safety issue'

The editor of the West Australian newspaper has defended the paper's controversial front page, which featured a photoshopped image of children being chased out of the surf by a shark under the headline "Will it take this?"

It followed calls from the paper for the government to restart its controversial shark cull policy after two fatal shark attacks in five days.