Lake Macquarie City Council to step up water safety training programs in response to Royal Life Saving Australia report

Updated January 30 2019 - 4:13pm, first published November 1 2018 - 9:35am
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LAKE Macquarie City Council has responded to a national report that found almost half of Australia’s 11- and 12-year-old children could not swim 50 metres without stopping, tread water for two minutes, or do a safety jump into deep water. 

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