'Complacency leads to tragedy': Spike in drowning deaths prompts warning from Malcolm Turnbull

By Michael Koziol
Updated December 5 2016 - 2:13am, first published December 4 2016 - 7:10pm
There has been an alarming rise in drowning deaths.
There has been an alarming rise in drowning deaths.
"You cannot take anything for granted:" Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Photo: Andrew Meares
"You cannot take anything for granted:" Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Photo: Andrew Meares

An alarming rise in the number of drowning deaths has prompted a warning against complacency from Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and a reminder from surf life savers that Australians are not as water-wise as they like to think.

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