Why should my child take swimming lessons? And what do they need to know?
- Written by Michelle O'Shea, Senior Lecturer Sport Management, Western Sydney University
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Drowning is the third leading cause of unintentional death from injury worldwide. From July 2018 to June 2019, 276 people drowned across Australia – a 10% increase on the previous year.
Among those were 19 children under four years old, eight children between five and 14 and a further 45 young people aged 15-24.
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