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 great Australian tradition of the swimming carnival is under seige with disturbing statistics leading schools to consider ...

One furious parent captured the moment a group of children were left stranded at the poolside with towels to their waists ...

On a hot Autumn's day, parents in the regional town of Inverell sent their children to the local pool to cool off. Not long ...

After nationwide research showed participation in school swimming carnivals had plunged, experts say a lot of students are ...

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Amnesty International Australia is concerned by the reports that all Aboriginal children being removed from the Inverell ...

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One in four schools around Australia have abandoned the annual swimming carnival, research shows, as Royal Life Saving Australia sounds the alarm over safety.

"Lifeguards determined that a free diver had been bitten by a marine mammal (sea lion or harbor seal)," the department says.

A 72-year-old Rhode Island man is facing criminal charges after being accused of touching children in a lazy river at a ...

Five years after the World Health Organization declared a pandemic, the families of over 111,000 children in the U.K. sick ...