{"id":678017,"date":"2026-05-18T05:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T05:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/678017\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T05:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T05:37:08","slug":"rottnest-island-shark-attack-australian-victim-identified-as-father-of-two-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/678017\/","title":{"rendered":"Rottnest Island shark attack: Australian victim identified as father-of-two &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE8zRGRZcGJPS2c5OGRtNllhdVRWNFZCNy04Q2JYa1VDTVJyTUExR3FCNU50ODhuTEgyM2NTVmZaZVB2ZngybGdmZ0dMY3lHVWNNdU1EMFV6ZVJpZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rottnest Island shark attack: Australian victim identified as father-of-two<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi7gFBVV95cUxQeWw3anhhWnhQQjBxZmxLaWJSQldaXzRLN091N1VqVmU3NUh3Q0RCdGZYelA3WmFLMFlfbGdmUllpMEw0SlNnTmJHdEZFblVyY05qbnJhZWQ0Mk9OYm9kWlJqa0JWOXM4NTVpQl94dzF6NmJpNnBQaEg4aTNQd1FwVlVaU3RLSENGX0FtZUJXQ0wzV2JoT1JwZUNVWWFiQlFyWDROQzBBN1BKc0xodEtJVTU5Q2c2U2xUQ3NwUS1XbEhicjgyeFVjaFJIeW5pNEdYXzBNOGhKWDJnM2N6cFVlbW5WcUJqOWRkaVdUelF3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Perth father Steven Mattaboni identified as victim of Rottnest Island shark attack<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;WAtoday<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxPXzVUWHlmdE1sV1lXTW1IMVRuSFY4SEFVWWd2U1lrN19xOEIzQTJubFdLT1dSTXA5TmlYeGtGdzJ0VDkwdHFEYWhscy1tQUtaNzBaeFFKaFpyVEdla2tzVnBPTGYxRjczRjNSUVg5U1pBcTZvV3Q1UVI2QVJ5b3NZNGlpdXBPTzN2Y25NczFidw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Friends witness &#8216;horrific&#8217; shark attack that claimed life of spearfishing mate<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Australian Broadcasting Corporation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Holiday island reeling from horror shark attack as victim is revealed as devoted father-of-two<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The West Australian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuwFBVV95cUxOa0V2WDI5Vkh0czA1R0Y1STNFa0RnSzA3RlJZUnJKUE4wOG1sYkp1NlVZMDJSSThPMkhCeXRhSkNMM3ZEckt6eldSOV93Mk5sMFMyVHVUaTBEeEFDbHhRNVNrVDhwY0VUM29wY3FwV203Z1J1TUJYal9ZQ1Z6R25YRzlNa2xwSFQ5ZVZmcDhlNThtOEljTnNnb2tZVTNWX0docFZiT1VDSlU2MVBLQ09nbHpnZ29iaXZFZVVB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Fiercely loyal, endlessly generous\u2019 father named as victim of Rottnest Island shark attack<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rottnest Island shark attack: Australian victim identified as father-of-two&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCPerth father Steven Mattaboni identified as victim of Rottnest Island&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":678018,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-678017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}