They say it is important the safety message reaches everyone, including newly arrived migrants who are overrepresented in drowning deaths.
The number of drowning deaths in Australia since December [[1 Dec 2023 - 22 Jan 2024]] is already higher than the five-year average, with at least 66 incidents.[That is a 19 per cent increase from the previous year.]]
Those statistics include four deaths, involving Indian nationals at an unpatrolled beach off the coast of Phillip Island, southeast of Melbourne [[on Wednesday 24 Jan]].
It's the state's worst beach tragedy since 2005.
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