A Brisbane fisherman has had the encounter of a lifetime as he became caught up in a swarm of sharks on the hunt.

Two detectives who worked the murder case of a Queensland grandmother, before an acquittal prompted a $5.5 million damages claim, have the government’s support.

Maree Baumann spends her nights huddling in the back of her car with her tiny dog, but according to a City of Moreton Bay local law change she is not a homeless camper.