Jet Ski injury statistics at odds with logic behind record high NSW licence fees

NSW Maritime Ride Along 3 Oct 2022

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.

Jet Ski safety: UNSW studies impact of COVID-19 travel restrictions

NSW Police 2021

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.