Public pools to reopen – what you need...
As public aquatic centres will start to open in some areas, SPASA Australia has provided some guidance to assist management of public pools, aquatic centres...
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Aquatics and Commercial
AIS Water reports 30 per cent spike in...
AIS Water has reported an upward trend in defiance of expectations due to the effects of Covid-19. At the same time, CEO Elena Gosse has...
Three new placements at Maytronics
Maytronics has appointed two new state managers and a marketing manager to support its continued local expansion.
Fundraising to help outback kids swim and learn
SPASA, Red Dust and the MacDonnell Regional Council are assisting the initial fundraising goal of $25,000, which will provide the first of the free entry...
Warriors lead campaign for pool safety
Tracey Ayton, co-founder and CEO of Little Heroes Swim Academy for able and disabled children, is a Water Warrior and Ambassador for the Australian Swim...
Commercial sector questions Victoria’s new aquatic facility guidelines
Guidelines from the Department of Health and Human Services Victoria has caused consternation among the commercial sector of the pool and spa industry with Waterco...
This March swim laps to save lives
Frontline digital mental health service ReachOut is calling on people across Australia to take part in Laps for Life – a swimming challenge happening over...
Ardent Leisure may face prosecution over Dreamworld tragedy
A coroner has condemned Dreamworld over multiple systemic failures leading up to the deaths of four patrons at Dreamworld's Thunder River Rapids ride in 2016,...
24 hours left: bid for a rare photo...
Australian marathon swimming champion, 31-time English Channel swimmer Chloë McCardel, is hosting a Bushfire Auction.
All hands on deck to support Aussie firefighters
During the worst of the bushfire crisis, Pentair’s Australian senior management team stepped out from their usual roles to join an all-hands-on-deck effort to assemble...
SR Smith acquires Sunbather
Pioneering Australian solar pool heating manufacturer Sunbather Pty Ltd has been bought by US-based pool deck equipment manufacturer SR Smith.
32 people affected by NZ pool chemical incident
A faulty pool pump caused a chemical incident at a New Zealand Aquatic Centre after chlorine and sodium bicarbonate had been mixed together but could...
Australia’s oldest pool to finally get a refurbishment
The long-awaited heritage restoration work at Dawn Fraser Baths has commenced and contractor Belmadar has taken took possession of the site.
World first study finds school swim programs are...
A world-first study has found that an intensive school swim programs alone are not enough to keep Australian children safe.
Gosse proves to be top disrupter
Elena Gosse, CEO of AIS Water, has won the Gold Disruptor Award at the national YAwards, which celebrate women who have overcome adversity to inspire...
Get your dose of nostalgia with ABC’s The...
The Pool is a two-part documentary series that evokes deep nostalgia and childhood memories to look at Australian identity through the prism of the Pool.