News: Safety
ASSA launches Australia’s most inclusive swimming lesson
The Australian Swim Schools Association (ASSA) has partnered with Bayside Council, Botany Bay Rotary and Little Heroes Swim Academy to convene Australia’s ‘Most INCLUSIVE...
Nov 29, 2018
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Students learn vital beach safety skills ahead of summer
The flags have been lowered on another successful year of Australia’s most popular primary school surf education program. Over 6000 rural and regional NSW students last week had...
Nov 29, 2018
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World-first smart beaches platform awarded Federal grant
Lake Macquarie City Council will develop a world-first smart beaches platform to make beaches safer, reduce the risk of coastal drownings and improve public amenities. The...
Nov 28, 2018
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WaterMarc awarded Life Saving Victoria Platinum Pool accreditation
Banyule City Council's WaterMarc facility has been awarded Life Saving Victoria's Platinum Pool accreditation, joining an exclusive club of just 24 Victorian aquatic facilities...
Nov 28, 2018
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Swim Australia delivers water safety skills to help children become safer, smarter and stronger
Children are SAFER, SMARTER & STRONGER simply by learning to swim according to learn-to-swim experts and national swim authority, Swim Australia. Between 19th and 25th November,...
Nov 21, 2018
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EasyGate LG increases safety and security in the Docklands
A recent $2 million lobby upgrade of landmark commercial office building at 717 Bourke Street, Docklands in Melbourne has seen an increase in security for tenants, including the...
Nov 20, 2018
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Queenstown’s Alpine Aqualand to close temporarily for maintenance
Queenstown Lakes District Council has announced that Alpine Aqualand, the swimming pool facility at Queenstown Events Centre, will be closed from today (Monday 19th November)...
Nov 19, 2018
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New Australian standard to help reduce risks at trampoline parks
With the rapid growth in commercial trampoline parks over recent years having been paralleled by corresponding, and highly publicised rise in injuries, Standards Australia has...
Nov 19, 2018
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Wi-Fi alerts to keep Queensland beachgoers safe this summer
A Wi-Fi system that will allow surf life savers to send alerts to mobile phones to keep beachgoers safe will be rolled out across all Queensland beaches in time for summer. In...
Nov 17, 2018
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Chinese hotels impacted in cleaning scandal
Major luxury hotel brands have apologised after hidden camera footage emerged last week of cleaners across multiple five-star hotels in China using dirty towels to clean...
Nov 17, 2018
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Fitness Australia releases first-ever National Fitness Industry Code of Practice
Fitness Australia has released a National Fitness Industry Code of Practice, which is the first of its kind in Australia. Jayne Blake, Fitness Australia’s incoming Chairperson...
Nov 16, 2018
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Inflatable waterpark opens on Bathurst’s Chifley Dam
A new inflatable waterpark, the Bathurst Aqua Park, has opened on NSW’s Chifley Dam. The largest inflatable aquatic playground in NSW, the attraction will operate seasonally,...
Nov 13, 2018
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QTIC shares details of five point plan to improve safety in Whitsunday waters
In response to the recent shark attacks at Cid Harbour, the Queensland Tourism Industry Council has advised of its role in working with the local industry, Tourism Whitsundays,...
Nov 11, 2018
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Hong Kong park reopens after dengue fever outbreak
One of Hong Kong’s best known parks, the Lion Rock Country Park, has reopened – having been closed for almost two months as a result of being seen as a location for an outbreak...
Nov 11, 2018
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Toddler suffers severe burns to feet after stepping on metal plate in Ipswich park
A Queensland mother has advised that her 18-month-old daughter suffered severe burns to the bottom of her feet while playing at the River Heart Parklands in the south east...
Nov 9, 2018
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Inquest told German tourists may have been dead at Trephina Gorge before alarm was raised
An inquest into the deaths of two German tourists who died while hiking in Central Australia has heard this week that a search was not launched until more than a day after their...
Nov 9, 2018
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NSW Police launch jet ski squadron ahead of summer
The NSW Police Marine Area Command will have a new squad out on the seas ensuring water safety with the addition of 14 new jet skis funded by the NSW Government. The new Marine...
Nov 8, 2018
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‘Fumes’ lead to three day closure of indoor pools at Orange Aquatic Centre
Orange City Council released a statement explaining the toddlers’ pool, which had been empty for a month, would also be repainted in the coming days. The statement advised that...
Nov 7, 2018
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New qualification framework to develop New Zealand’s professional mountain bike workforce
Skills Active Aotearoa, the industry training organisation for outdoor recreation, has launched a new suite of on-job training programmes for New Zealand’s highly-skilled...
Nov 7, 2018
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Falls Music and Arts Festival class action goes to trial
A class action involving up to nearly 80 concert goers injured in stampede at the Falls Music and Arts Festival will go to trial next month. The multimillion-dollar class action...
Nov 6, 2018
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Third Whitsundays shark attack leads to fatality
A man has died after a shark attack at Cid Harbour in Queensland's Whitsunday Islands Queensland Police said the latest victim, a man aged 33, had been swimming with friends...
Nov 5, 2018
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ASSA presents first Exceptional Service to Teaching of Swimming and Water Safety Award
The Australian Swim Schools Association’s first Exceptional Service to Teaching of Swimming and Water Safety Award has been presented to Perth-based Sharon Gregory. Gregory has...
Nov 5, 2018
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Life Saving Victoria launches Safer Public Pools Code of Practice
Victoria’s Emergency Management Commissioner Andrew Crisp has officially launched the Safer Public Pools - Code of Practice at Life Saving Victoria’s seventh annual Pool Safety...
Nov 4, 2018
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Luddenham Raceway offers location to improve driving skills
Designed to offer a facility for motor sports and karting enthusiasts to participate in their sport, the new Luddenham Raceway in Western Sydney offers a place for driver of all...
Nov 3, 2018
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