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Manly residents John Lehmann, Sheridan Nossiter, Michael Nossiter, Guy Evatt and Michael Hayja, pcitured overlooking Manly Surf Club, have concerns over the council’s proposal.

This Sydney council wanted to rebuild a surf club. Its own planners had other ideas

A council plan to splash millions rebuilding one of Sydney’s most well-known surf clubs is in trouble after an internal assessment called for the project to be stopped.

  • David Barwell

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Education needed to keep everyone safe at state’s swim spots

Royal Life Saving Australia continues to raise the alarm about the public’s water safety knowledge, particularly among people born overseas. 

  • The Herald's View
People born overseas represented 34% of drowning deaths in Australia, and water safety expert and Tamarama lifesaver Dr Masaki Shibati wants to embed water safety knowledge in standard tests used for visas and jobs. He called on others to model good water safety behaviour, saying many people from overseas found our beach signs confusing.

The change to visa tests that could help lower Australia’s drowning toll

A trial has embedded water safety knowledge into English courses done by foreign students and other migrants applying for jobs, visas and university courses.

  • Julie Power
A crime scene has been established as police investigate the man’s death.

Man dies after being pulled from popular Sydney Harbour pool

The man was unable to be revived after members of the public went to his aid at Redleaf Beach in Double Bay.

  • Jack Gramenz
Experts have warned parents that school holidays remain the most dangerous time of year for drowning incidents.

‘Highest risk months’: Water safety warning for parents as summer begins

“Parents tell us that they only looked away for a moment and then tragedy has struck.”

  • Dominique Tassell
A search continued on the Central Coast for an 18-year-old man swept out to sea.

‘Heroic’ surfers praised as body found in search for missing swimmer

The 18-year-old man was swept out to sea after he and his friends got in to trouble at the beach north of Sydney. Nearby surfers came to their aid.

  • Jack Gramenz
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Experienced jet-skiers believe the proposed tweaks to boundary changes will do little to stop hoons.

Push to tackle jet-ski hooning under boating boundary changes

“You can propose what you like, but these people break existing laws anyway,” one experienced jet skier said.

  • Lachlan Abbott
The National Trust-listed mid-century pool will close for demolition on February 1

Sydney’s ageing pools risk losing a generation of swimmers

When it comes to refurbishing old pools, it is clear that local councils cannot afford to foot the bill.

  • The Herald's View
An artist’s impression showing an aquatic centre designed using a pattern book approach.

Australia has an $8 billion public pool problem. Is this the solution?

With an urgent need for public pools, Royal Life Saving NSW and Cox Architecture say a pattern book of modular designs could get people swimming more cheaply – and sooner.

  • Julie Power
SES tents set up at the scene.

‘Selfless and deeply devoted’: Family honour mother’s sacrifice in tragic drowning

A Doveton mother drowned while trying to save her 6-year-old son in a Dandenong Creek on Monday afternoon.

  • Isabel McMillan and Angus Delaney

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