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Drowning prevention groups are calling on Australian men not to mix alcohol with water activities during the Australia Day long weekend as new data reveals almost 2,800 adult men drowned over the last 15 years. Eighteen percent of those deaths involved alcohol. That story by Joy Joshi for SBS News, produced by Ivan and Selina for SBS Cantonese program.

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Drowning prevention groups are calling on Australian men not to mix alcohol with water activities during the Australia Day long weekend as new data reveals almost 2,800 adult men drowned over the last 15 years. Eighteen percent of those deaths involved alcohol. That story by Joy Joshi for SBS News, produced by Ivan and Selina for SBS Cantonese program.

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