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Video removed as Life Saving Victoria carries out 145 rescues – ‘We don’t remember when we’ve been that busy’

With 20 confirmed shark sightings in Victorian waters this summer, Life Saving Victoria says beachgoers should be "alert but not alarmed".

New data has revealed Australia is experiencing a deadlier than usual summer, with coastal drowning deaths breaching the 10-year average for the first time.

There have been 35 drowning deaths so far this summer in Australia, following a deadly Christmas period and several warnings.

Life Saving Victoria has issued a warning heading into New Year's Eve as more than 230 people have been rescued since the start of the summer patrol season.

Drowning deaths in Australian waters are at a 10-year high. A small community on Victoria's Surf Coast believes an ocean skills centre to create a generation of qualified lifesavers could be the answer to bringing that figure down.

Four people have drowned and died in Australia making for a deadly Christmas. With more hot weather, authorities have issued more warnings.

A five-year-old girl dies in a lake in Victoria's north, bringing the total number of water-related deaths across the state to four in three days.