Here’s why the new Jet Ski licence fees in NSW – close to $2000 for 10 years, the most expensive in the world – don’t add up. Authorities say the increases are due to rising injury costs, but the statistics say otherwise.
A newly-licenced Jet Ski rider in Melbourne has been identified and charged by police after his dangerous antics were caught on camera and made the TV news.
Water safety authorities will be out in force from this weekend in the lead-up to the Australian summer, as Jet Ski sales surge.
Record sales of Jet Skis and personal watercraft amid international travel restrictions due to the coronavirus crisis has seen an increase in boat-related drownings in NSW – overtaking swimming deaths for the first time.
Research by Watercraft Zone has debunked the myth that riders of Jet Skis and personal watercraft are more at risk of death on the water, amid recent safety campaigns that repeatedly target Jet Skis and PWCs.
