A shark expert and marine activist had voiced his "grave concerns" for swimmers over a controversial shark control program in the months before a 17-year-old girl was tragically mauled in Queensland.

The grief-stricken father of 17-year-old Charlize Zmuda, who was killed in a shark attack on Monday, says he is "gutted" by the tragedy, but doesn't want the community to stop coming to "our beach".Emergency services were called to Woorim Beach at Bribie Island,

The parents of a teenage girl fatally bitten by a shark off a popular beach at Bribie Island have paid an emotional tribute to their “shining light”, as onlookers told of their shock when the horror incident unfolded.