Poor swimmer hygiene is being blamed for numerous closures at a popular north Queensland public swimming lagoon, while also ...

An Aussie mayor has lifted the lid on a costly - and surprisingly common - problem warning a wave of ‘code brown’ incidents is draining tens of thousands from ratepayers.

There’s little worse as a pool lifeguard than hearing the words “code brown” come through your radio. For swimmers on a hot day, there’s also little worse than being told to immediately get out of the ...

Ratepayers have forked out roughly $30,000 to cover the cost of forced closures for “code brown” emergencies at a popular ...