Labor offers free swim lessons for toddlers

Premier Anna Bligh joins a learn-to-swim class at Mt Gravatt Aquatic Centre on March 4, 2012.

Premier Anna Bligh joins a learn-to-swim class at Mt Gravatt Aquatic Centre on March 4, 2012. Photo: Tony Moore

The Labor Party will today pledge to give free swimming lessons to every child under four years of age as part of an $80 million scheme if re-elected.

A report in the Sunday Mail newspaper quotes Premier Anna Bligh as promising parents 10 free swimming lessons for their toddlers at recognized swim centres.

Lessons normally cost between $17 and $20 each.

Around 10 toddlers drown in Queensland backyards each year.

The scheme will cost $77.4 million over three years and would begin July 1, if Labor were re-elected.

“We want to give every child a chance at those good foundations in the water,” Ms Bligh said in a statement.

Parents would download an e-voucher for $170, which they would then use at their local accredited swim school.

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