News: Safety
Life Saving Victoria report shows Y Victoria leading in safety and compliance
Life Saving Victoria’s 2023-24 Sector Safety Report has shown YMCA Victoria (the Y) to be maintaining its position as a leader in safety and compliance within the aquatic and…
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City of Newcastle looks to recruit new generation of professional of lifeguards
With beaches that attract over a million swimmers and sunseekers each year, the City of Newcastle is calling for high-school-aged trainee lifeguards to join its beach patrol team. For the…
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Indoor play centre fined $40,000 after boy injures back in climbing wall fall
Geelong-based indoor play and trampoline centre Bounce has been fined $40,000 in the Victorian County Court following an incident in which an 11-year-old boy fractured his sternum and…
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New safety laws now in place for Western Australian water sports
The Western Australia Government has introduced new safety equipment requirements for sail and kiteboarders, windsurfers and paddlers operating more than 400 metres from shore with the…
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Safer access planned to support Ningaloo Reef tourism operators
Detailed planning investigations have confirmed the site for an improved boat launching facility at Tantabiddi with the Tantabiddi Boat Ramp, managed by the Shire of Exmouth being a…
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Swimmers outside of flagged patrol areas 10 times more likely to need rescuing
New research by a team from James Cook University - that used geomorphological, environmental and human data to better understand factors leading to surf rescues - has found that those who…
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Paedophile swim coach dies weeks after conviction for sexually assaulting young girls
Former Australian Olympic swimming coach Dick Caine has died, weeks after he was found guilty of raping and sexually abusing six female students in the 1970s and 1980s Caine, who had been…
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Wollongong Council spotlights its preparedness for 2024/25 NSW beach patrol season
The 2024/25 NSW beach patrol season starts on Saturday 28th September 2024 with City of Wollongong spotlighting its preparedness for the new season having more than 150…
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