Six-year-olds should be able to swim for at...
Among the benchmarks are the recommendations that children should be able to swim continuously for at least five metres by six years of age, 50...
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Aquatics and Commercial
Ardent pleads guilty to charges over Dreamworld deaths
Dreamworld parent company Ardent Leisure has pleaded guilty to three charges over an accident in 2016 when four people were killed following a malfunction on...
Advanced tender notice: pool rectification at Healesville High...
The Victorian School Building Authority has announced an advanced tender for rectification works related to the indoor pool at Healesville High School.
Advice on requirements for re-opening public pools
Public swimming pools are starting to open back up again. However, different states have varying requirements for the pools to be able to welcome swimmers,...
RLS provides advice on life support during the...
Royal Life Saving has released information on basic life support response by lifeguards in aquatic facilities during Covid-19, specifically for the Australian context.
Tender to refurbish Latrobe hydrotherapy pool
Latrobe Regional Hospital is seeking tenders for the performance of works for the refurbishment of their hydrotherapy pool.
Waterco manufacturing plant reopens
Waterco has reopened its swimming pool equipment factory in Kuala Lumpur, following a temporary lockdown in response to mandated preventive measures by the Malaysian government...
Pool restrictions easing in NSW and WA
Indoor pools are opening in NSW and swimming lessons are starting in WA
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...
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,...