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Program for Indigenous kids going swimmingly

Lewis Nancekivell

MURRAY Valley Aboriginal Cooperative staff have been running a swimming program for First Nations children to help reduce the demographic’s drowning rate. According to the Royal Life Saving Society, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are 1.7 times more likely to drown than non-Indigenous Australians. Drowning rates among people from diverse backgrounds, including First Nations […]

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