Listen "Call for lifesaving programs shake-up as summer approaches"
Episode Synopsis
Australian summer is fast approaching and as more of us spend time in water, new research suggests measures designed to prevent drownings may be part of the problem.A total of 357 people drowned in Australia in the past financial year, and around a third of them were people born overseas.A Monash University study has found lifesaving programs are either inaccessible or not inclusive to tourists and migrants.Guests: Masaki Shibata, lecturer and researcher at Monash University Feroz Sattar, co-founder of Swim Brothers Producer: Jason Whittaker
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