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Why protecting Australia’s surf beaches is good for the economy

Surfing is “like this cool economy”, Manly Surf School’s Matt Grainger says Surfing was first introduced to Australia more than a century ago.Since then the sport has blossomed into a cultural phenomenon and a commercial juggernaut.Research from the Australian National University (ANU) estimates surfing injects at least A$3bn ($2bn; £1.5bn) into the national economy each […]