Opinion: The statistics tell a sobering tale

By Annette Turner
January 19 2019 - 4:30am
According to Royal Life Saving Australia, drownings in inland rivers, creeks and streams accounted for 25 per cent of all drowning deaths in 2017/18.
According to Royal Life Saving Australia, drownings in inland rivers, creeks and streams accounted for 25 per cent of all drowning deaths in 2017/18.

We still have a lot of summer to get through and already we have seen far too many drownings on Australia’s beaches and inland waterways.

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