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Of the 84 people who drowned in Queensland in the year to June 2022, 16 were under 17.
It’s prompted swim safety campaigner Laurie Lawrence to call for swimming lessons in Queensland schools to be overhauled.
“Water safety is not a wet session … a lot of the schools are getting around saying they’re doing water safety but they’re not doing swimming lessons.”
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