The National Aquatic Industry Safety Awards are now taking nominations to recognise individuals, organisation and aquatic facilities professionals for their commitment to safety in their community. 2018 marks the second year of the National Aquatic Industry Safety Awards, an initiative of Royal Life Saving Society – Australia and the National Aquatic Industry Safety Committee. LIWA Aquatics is proud to be associated with these awards and the recognition they provide for our great industry
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- Created: 05 April 2018
LIWA Aquatics is proud to announce the 2018 annual North West ”Maintaining the Network” Seminar will return to Exmouth on the 17th and 18th of May. The venue provides a wonderful opportunity for industry members to come together to participate in two full days of professional development in this beautiful northwest community.
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- Created: 19 March 2018
Once again, the annual LIWA Aquatics Pool Lifeguard Challenge was conducted at HBF Stadium on a beautiful day in late February. A gentle breeze made for perfect conditions on the pool deck as 21 teams, yes that is right, 21 teams got involved in both the fun and serious side of the competition.
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- Created: 21 March 2018
As members are aware in 2016/17 the “Watch Me Not Your Phone” messages were rolled out to industry across Western Australia as a highly emotive form of prompting parents/guardians to put down their phones and watch their children. Posters were sent to all WA facilities and it was great to see how well they were received and their prominent placement in our pools.
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- Created: 16 January 2018
When emergency situations arise at leisure centres across Perth, it’s reassuring to know that the lifeguards and aquatic managers have the first-aid skills to save a life.
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- Created: 04 January 2018
The City of Cockburn hosted the 2017 launch of Watch Around Water. it was only fitting we promoted not only WAW and WAW Week but showcased one of the best examples of a contemporary aquatic recreation facilities ever built in Australia. We were joined by LIWA Aquatics President Mr Jeff Fondacaro, LIWA Board Members and industry members as well as Steve Rasdell and George Lech from our new program partners Ixom.
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- Created: 20 December 2017
A newly released report by Royal Life Saving Society - Australia shows that the average visit an Australian Aquatic Centre leads to health benefits worth nearly $27, underlining the importance of ensuring universal access to public swimming pools.
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- Created: 23 February 2018
The World Conference on Drowning Prevention was recently held from 17 to 20 October in Vancouver and I represented LIWA Aquatics along with Lauren Nimmo RLSSWA Senior Manager.
Did you know that every hour of every day 40 people lose their lives to drowning and this does not include natural disasters nor boating accident which stand at 360,000 downing deaths each year? * Eight hundred delegates from 60 countries came together to exchange ideas on reducing death and injury in aquatic environments with the theme: Share Globally, Prevent Locally.
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- Created: 28 November 2017
Watch Around Water campaign is travelling and is now being implmemnted at Aquatic facilities throughout the USA.
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- Created: 24 April 2017
