World-first program being trialled in Lake Macquarie aims to cut beach drownings

Updated February 8 2019 - 6:25pm, first published 6:00pm
Team effort: Professor Myriam Amielh, Mayor Kay Fraser, Senator Arthur Sinodinos and Northern Beaches Mayor Michael Regan. Picture: Jonathan Carroll
Team effort: Professor Myriam Amielh, Mayor Kay Fraser, Senator Arthur Sinodinos and Northern Beaches Mayor Michael Regan. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

SENSORS and technology are expected to be installed at Redhead and Blacksmiths beaches by next summer, in the trial of a world-first program that aims to reduce the number of drownings.

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