Enrolments in NSW nippers programs are on track to match or beat last summer's record despite a 2025-26 season in which three people died in shark attacks, with Surf Life Saving NSW crediting expanded drone surveillance and water-safety education for keeping families in the water.
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Almost every home destroyed in New South Wales during the 2019-20 Black Summer bushfires was within 100 metres of flammable vegetation, new research has found, validating the buffer zone used by authorities but raising concerns that climate change will push fires further into suburban areas.