Australia’s peak drowning prevention and lifesaving bodies, Royal Life Saving Society – Australia and Surf Life Saving Australia have today released their annual reports outlining the impacts of fatal and non-fatal drowning deaths across the country last year.

For the 2017-18 year the organisations have identified that there were 249 drowning deaths across Australia. Including:

• 110 in coastal waters,
• 61 at rivers, creeks and streams,
• 33 in swimming pools,
• 20 in lakes, dams, and lagoons.

The reports were released today by Senator the Hon Bridget McKenzie, Minister for Regional Services, Sport, Local Government and Decentralisation at Parliament House, Canberra.

Full article:
https://sls.com.au/slsa-national-coastal-safety-report-2018-released/
https://www.royallifesaving.com.au/about/news-and-events/news-items/drow…