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Samantha Lock, Abe Maddison and Farid Farid

Grim start to year with three dead on nation's beaches

People have been urged to stay on land with lifesavers kept busy by rescues over the holiday period. (Jessica Hromas/AAP PHOTOS)

Three people have drowned nationwide, and as many are missing and feared dead in a grim start to the year on Australia's beaches.

Two women died off the NSW coast and an Irish national drowned at a popular Queensland tourist beach.

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