Minister for Education, Minister for Industrial Relations and Minister for Racing The Honourable Grace Grace
Following some incorrect media reporting this morning, I’d like to reassure families that swimming lessons are already compulsory in all Queensland state primary schools.
Our statewide Water Safety and Swimming Education Program was introduced as a result of the Ministerial Water Safety Roundtable the Palaszczuk Government established back in 2018, with funding of nearly $4 million a year.
The program includes classroom based theory as well as practical lessons in water, and is aligned to the ³Ô¹ÏÍøÕ¾ Swimming and Water Safety Framework.
/Public Release. View in full .
