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Victoria’s lifesavers have treated the same number of people for jellyfish stings in the past five weeks as they did over the entire previous financial year.

Share Australia has experienced a spike in drowning deaths in the summer of 2020/2021 after fitness levels plunged during Covid lockdowns, a top lifesaver has warned. At least 55 people have died as a result of drowning this summer alone, compared to just 43 at this time last year.  After he was brought ashore, critical care paramedics from Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) took the man to hospital in a 'serious but stable' condition. Pictured: A QAS ambulance According to Liam Krige, the general manager at Life Saving Victoria, the staggering amount of drowning deaths this season is done t...

Australia has experienced a spike in drowning deaths in the summer of 2020/2021 after fitness levels plunged during Covid lockdowns, a top lifesaver has warned. At least 55 people have died as a result of drowning this summer alone, compared to just 43 at this time last year.   According to Liam Krige, the general manager at Life Saving Victoria, the staggering amount of drowning deaths this season is done to dwindling fitness and a blase attitude to the dangers. 'The sad reality is that people think it's not going to happen to them, or that they don't need to worry about it,' Mr Krige told...

A four-year-old girl found unresponsive in a suburban Melbourne lake is the fourth person to die in a horro...

‘Luck’ on lifeguard’s side during heroic rescue Chris Perrott, 24, jumped into the treacherous water at Bushrangers Bay near Cape Schanck when three women and a 13-year-old girl were swept off rocks. Picture: Alex Coppel News by Wes Hosking Premium Content Subscriber only A brave lifeguard used his "lucky" surfboard to prevent a tragic drowning becoming a mass tragedy at a remote stretch of surf on the Mornington Peninsula. Chris Perrott, 24, jumped into the treacherous water at Bushrangers Bay near Cape Schanck clad only in his boardi...