"Water safety funds pathetic" says Professor

The first national study of drowning-related deaths (see rec # 4645), by Otago University's Injury Prevention Research Unit (IPRU), shows the rate of unintentional drownings from 1980 to 1994 was 1.8 times higher than that of Australia. Although some water safety campaigns have been highly effective, budgets have been minimal, and IPRU Director, Professor John Langley, wants the Government to provide far more funding.