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Swim schools offer week of free lessons for young children

A young girl at swimming lessons

Labor has committed $46 million over the next four years for swimming lessons for primary school-aged children. Source: AAP

As new research reveals one in four drownings in Australia involves a person born overseas, over 400 swimming schools around the country prepare to provide free swimming lessons to young children for a week.



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