News: Safety
Victorian Lifesavers thank the public for ‘Playing it Safe by the Water’ over Australia Day Weekend
Life Saving Victoria has advised that a total of 126 aquatic rescues were performed across Victoria by volunteer lifesavers and paid lifeguards from Monday 22nd to Sunday 28th...
Jan 28, 2018
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Top Lifesavers make waves at 2018 Australian Pool Life Saving Championships
With a broken world record, two new world records set, new personal bests and a wave of new talent having competed, top lifesavers from around the country have just returned...
Jan 28, 2018
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Industry figures recognised in Australia Day Honours
Among a total of 895 Australians who have recognised in this year's Australia Day Honours List for 2018, a number of leisure industry professionals have been recognised for...
Jan 26, 2018
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Lifesaver’s decades of achievement recognised with Medal of the Order of Australia
For a lifetime contribution to lifesaving, Rozlynn Grey has been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in today’s Australia Day Honours List. Grey’s early passion...
Jan 25, 2018
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Dreamworld reopens popular water ride
Dreamworld’s Rocky Hollow Log Ride, one of the most popular rides at the Gold Coast theme park, has reopened more than a year after a serious safety incident. With the incident...
Jan 24, 2018
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Tremors at Japanese ski resort halt rescue operation after Mount Kusatsu-Shirane eruption
Volcanic tremors have forced rescuers to suspend their search for victims of a deadly eruption and avalanche at a central Japanese ski resort. The eruption near the Kusatsu ski...
Jan 24, 2018
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Training and education focus on event and venue security
In the current heightened security climate that affects events and venues, a series of courses and industry seminars are being aimed at industry professionals and organisations...
Jan 23, 2018
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Westpac Stadium teams up with Hurricanes and Phoenix players to release new safety video
Westpac Stadium has teamed up with several players from the Hurricanes Super Rugby franchise and Wellington Phoenix FC to create a new venue safety video. The video provides...
Jan 23, 2018
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Study identifies need for more shade cover in Wellington playgrounds
Children visiting playgrounds this summer may be at high risk of sunburn, according to a new study from the University of Otago, Wellington. The researchers looked at shade...
Jan 22, 2018
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Royal Life Saving and James Cook University researchers to breathalyse swimmers
Researchers will be breathalysing and surveying river users at popular river locations over the next month, including the Murray River at Albury, in an effort to find answers to...
Jan 21, 2018
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Maritime NZ's lifejacket campaign wins global advertising award
New Zealand’s lifejacket campaign has recently won Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) and advertising agency FCB Media a gold global award at the International Festival of Media Awards...
Jan 18, 2018
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Australian lifesaving drone in world first ocean rescue
Two Australian swimmers have become the first people to be rescued in the ocean by a drone when the aerial lifesaver dropped a safety device to the distressed pair yesterday....
Jan 18, 2018
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Warning to parents over 'floating killers'
Parents are being urged not to let their children use large inflatable toys anywhere other than swimming pools following a spate of incidents in Australia and overseas which...
Jan 18, 2018
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Fitness Australia's Bill Moore flags industry challenges for 2018
Facility safety, wage rates, music licensing and ‘sham’ contracting are key issues facing fitness clubs and facilities in 2018. In a just-published Blog, Fitness Australia Chief...
Jan 18, 2018
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New signage aims to reduce drowning incidents in New Zealand public pools
New Zealand’s 2018 Poolsafe campaign is aiming to remind parents and guardians that accidents and drowning incidents in public, as well as backyard, swimming pools can happen in...
Jan 16, 2018
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NZONE Skydive resumes operations after Queenstown fatality
Skydiving operations and commercial activity have at resumed Queenstown's NZone Skydive after a tandem incident that resulted in the disappearance of an American tourist in Lake...
Jan 15, 2018
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New Zealand holiday period drowning toll stands at five
Figures from Water Safety New Zealand (WSNZ) indicate the preventable fatal drowning toll for the official holiday period (running from 4pm on 22nd December 2017 to 6am on 3rd...
Jan 13, 2018
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Security bollards erected to protect Luna Park Melbourne
Landmark locations on the foreshore of the Melbourne beachside suburb of St Kilda, including Luna Park Melbourne and the Palais Theatre, are now being protected by concrete...
Jan 12, 2018
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Company behind Queenstown skydiving accident ceases trading
Australian adventure tourism company Experience Co has put a trading halt on its shares in the wake of the apparent death of a tandem skydiver at Queenstown’s Lake Wakatipu. The...
Jan 12, 2018
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Mountaineering and adventure activities present new opportunities for Asian tourism
Mountaineering and adventure-based activities presents opportunities for the development of the tourism industry in Asia’s mountainous regions, especially among younger...
Jan 10, 2018
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New career pathway for lifeguards from mixed cultural backgrounds
Collaboration between the YMCA and Life Saving Victoria (LSV) has resulted in the training and employment of a group of young multi-cultural lifeguards at City of Greater...
Jan 10, 2018
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Water rescue following Queenstown skydiving incident
One man has been rescued and taken to hospital with minor injuries while another is still missing after tandem skydivers crashed in Queenstown's Lake Wakatipu yesterday...
Jan 10, 2018
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Countdown to 2018 World’s Largest Swimming Lesson
The World Waterpark Association has announced that the 2018 edition of the World’s Largest Swimming Lesson (WLSL) will take place on Thursday 21st June. This ninth edition of...
Jan 10, 2018
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Fraser Island Irukandji jellyfish discovery leads to warnings to swimmers
The discovery of an irukandji jellyfish off the coast of Fraser Island has led lifeguards to issue warnings to swimmers to stay out of the water. The highly venomous jellyfish...
Jan 10, 2018
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