Hasnt it been tested and proven that the great white would prefer a live bait? Like a live human?

the drum lines that they did put in were at the wrong time of year as the water temp was warmer than the GWS comfort zone. No hard and fast rules with great whites and they can turn up anywhere but the major population would have retreated to colder water to feed.

there has always been tigers down south and all year round too.
How is it that white pointers have been seen north of Exmouth in warm water when they are supposedly colder water sharks

 And here's me thinking you were talking about Greater Western Sydney. 

The blame isnt just aimed at a shark. It is investigated by the bite radius and teeth pattern. Pretty easy for a scientist in the know to ID which shark bit someone/thing.

The question however is valid for missing people presumed taken by a shark and nothing recovered (which as I recall has only happened once). All you can go on is odds.

GWS are active hunters compared with the more lazy Tigers. I wont put a foot in GWS waters after my little encounter years ago, but hold little fear of tigers. The tiger is more off an opportunitic feeder as can be seen by their diet. Anything is possible, but usually are slow or dead. However I would want to ask the Monkey Mia dolphins about tigers, so they can "hunt".

But the numbers game alone shows the GWS should and is more feared/fearsome purely because tigers are almost everywhere in WA, and GWS are (mostly) concentrated in the SW corner. There are presumably fever GWS's than tigers, hence the catch rate and no total protection. But the attack rate favours GW's much more.

JMO based on poor science

and were investegating wether it was a GW,bathers were torn or something, what happened with that, not sure what the point is blaming something else!!

were set too late in the season and used incorrect bait.

They should collect some 'bait' from these whale carcasses they seem to have trouble disposing of. Then set the lines nearby.

They would actually catch GW if they set the lines Sept-Dec IMO. It seems there was never an intntion to do so.

Total publicity stunt which we all paid for

Where did you see the '16 footer', Petermac?

As I have said before if you go to the Perth museum they have a good specimen of a tiger shark preserved in their collection. This shark is reported to be responsible for an attack at Cottesloe beach way back in the late 40s I think it was.
Big sharks like big chunks of food, a no brainer right. Gws like to eat seals and whales, so tell me why people like to dress up as seals when they go spearfishing in waters that are known to be frequented by gws.
Black wet suits split flippers, hey it looks like a seal it swims like a seal I'll see if it tastes like a seal, aaaarh no it doesn't taste like a seal not enough fat on it.
As a non diver I'm just saying how I see things please don't go on about I'm a save the world from the wicked human race, I.m noI.
I'm just saying how it looks to me, as a professor on an old television show used to say "why is it so."

 Don't worry Bout the Fisheries boys/girls. They catch plenty of Great Whites, but only when they are putting tags in them.

no need for special baits, or special moon phases, or much else. So long as they are putting tags in the Fisheries group are vey good at catching GWS.

Whilst the bigger ones do target seals and whales a GW will have no problem in eating a tuna if it comes across a dead or injured one.  That's what they used around Neptune Island to attract them to the cages with the shark diving.