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Mum — who couldn't swim — would watch on from the sand, minding one of their six siblings. "A few times, the waves were huge, and we got dumped, which terrified me," Diane, now 71, says.

Royal Life Saving research shows nearly half of school children entering their teens are failing to attain basic swimming skills, making thousands vulnerable to drowning in adulthood.

The Northern Territory education minister has suggested remote school students can take swimming lessons in large blow-up pools "from Clark Rubber" in response to questions about how they can access ...