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New campaign to put safety first this summer

Surf Life Saving Queensland has launched a new campaign aimed at curbing an alarming and recent spike in drownings.

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13th Dec. 2019 7:12 PM

Brisbanes Shane Duell with his son Jethro Duell. Shane has been visiting Bundaberg for twenty-five years. This Christmas there will be a massive family turnout of forty odd people.

Woman drowns after pulled from Coast swimming pool

A woman has died after being pulled from waters in a critical condition at a private address on the Sunshine Coast

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14th Nov. 2019 4:11 PM

Queensland Ambulance Service Paramedics.

Investigation continues one year on from lagoon drownings

Shock deaths of father and son left Airlie Beach reeling and prompted an outpouring of floral tributes from the...

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28th Oct. 2019 7:10 PM

Tributes were left at Airlie Beach Lagoon after a 30-year-old Chinese man and his five-year-old son drowned there on October 28 last year.

Decades later, the beach still gives me nightmares

I wonder how many people have been saved by surf lifesavers? I’m guessing one in five, probably more.

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15th Oct. 2019 12:10 AM

Noosa Lifesavers Renee Scully, Tim Moody and Tilly Giblett will be on full alert as Surf Life Saving Queensland warns about the dangers on the beaches this Summer. Photo Lachie Millard

Mum allegedly drinking heavily before sons drowned

The mother of two boys found dead in the Ross River at Townsville was drinking heavily with friends the night before her...

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06th April 2019 5:04 AM

Floral tributes for the stepbrothers left on the banks of the Ross River at Cranbrook

Brothers found at bottom of family pool

Two brothers are fighting for their lives in hospital after they were found unconscious at the bottom of the family pool.

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26th March 2019 1:03 PM

The two brothers were pulled from the water yesterday afternoon. Picture: 9News

Swimmers swept out to sea at notorious beach

IN YET another incident to strike Moonee Beach this summer, two people were required to be rescued after they were swept...

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28th Jan. 2019 10:01 AM

Surfers have rescued two swimmers at Moonee Beach this morning.

Lifesaver warning: Listen to your missus

A confronting new beach safety campaign backed by the State Government has a simple message aimed at putting a stop to the...

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18th Jan. 2019 5:01 AM

Film Crews working on a Surf Life Saving Queensland television commercial at Kings Beach, Caloundra. Picture: Lachie Millard

Parents warned after horror drownings day

The number of drownings and near drownings in the past year is on the rise in NSW. The statistics come after a horror day...

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10th Jan. 2019 10:01 AM

Man drowns near spillway

Swift water rescue technicians were called to the area after a swimmer disappeared beneath the surface.

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02nd Jan. 2019 3:01 PM

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