Rob Brander News Today

Over one-third of drowning victims in Australia are born outside the country, which leaders say is due to a ‘lack of awareness’

Every few years, a mystery beach appears near Bondi, delighting dogs, baffling experts, and enrapturing a combat photographer. But it may be gone within days.

Recent tragedies have triggered calls for more action on safety, but more warning signs alone are unlikely to be enough to keep people out of dangerous waters.

Recent tragedies have triggered calls for more action on safety, but more warning signs alone are unlikely to be enough to keep people out of dangerous waters

Recent tragedies have triggered calls for more action on safety, but more warning signs alone are unlikely to be enough to keep people out of dangerous waters.

Should beach safety be taken more seriously after a death occured at an unpatrolled beach in Victoria?

Attend the free rip information session and demonstration to learn about rip currents and beach safety. Presented by Dr Rip in Bendalong on January 20.

Every highbrow hack, as Evelyn Waugh described Cyril Connolly, is apt to experience an embarrassment of riches when it comes to recommending books for the beach and other seasonal retreats from workaday life. Surveying the bookcase and its shelf of recent titles, this year is very much of a kind

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Unlike Mike Smith and other noisy members of the imperialist cohort, I applaud that NZ foreign policy has remained consistent in upholding UN and ICC policies against invasions and forced annexations. Ardern, Hipkins and now Luxon have all said the same thing.Supporting the UN charter has massively reduced war casualties over the last 70 years. Clearly the Russian Federation finds this constraining.