Spike in beach rescues across vicinity

The number of reported beach rescues in VicRoads region has risen by 30 per cent in the 12 months to April this year.

The numbers have grown in every category except lifeguards.

The Victoria Beach Association has called for an urgent urgent review into VicRoads' beach safety monitoring systems.

The association wants a change in the way Victoria Coastal Patrol operates.

The VicRoads spokesperson told 720ABC there is nothing illegal about the monitoring program.

The system requires anyone entering a beach to apply for a waiver which enables them to enter the water at a higher rate.

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Committee to decide on gm food crops ban in South Korean region, citing food safety concerns

North Korea has warned its neighbouring states against using an inter-Korean trade agreement (ILTA) aimed at ending trade restrictions.


The state news agency said the ILTA agreement between the Koreas, South Korea and the European Union, was aimed at cutting cross-border trade and had been agreed in 2009.


However, Kim Yong-woo, a spokesman for the inter-Korean ministry of commerce and industry, said on Saturday it would not be possible for the countries to achieve such an outcome and blamed international sanctions for slowing down such negotiations.


"The North's statement is a response to inter-Korean discussions in the international forums, which started between May 5 and 7," he said.


"If the North had been forced to use the ILTA, then it would be forced to use bilateral and multilateral agreements such as <the> ILTA <trade> mechanism, which is based on bilateral agreements among the six countries, and on other forms of non-binding measures."


At a recent trade fair in Seoul, South Korea announced it had signed an agreement to reduce barriers in food exports to North Korea, including bans on importations of certain products.


But officials from the three countries met late last month to decide on the outcome of a long-term pact.


Kim Yong-woo declined to discuss details of the discussions but said: "We have agreed that all trade between the two countries will go through an ILTA exchange."


The official said Pyongyang expected the government to announce its decision in March next year.


While South Korea, like China and the European Union, does not have an ILTA, a joint deal between South Korea and Japan has become a key tool of cutting trade barriers.


South Korea has suspended its current ban on the North's exports to Japan, while countries such as France, the US and Germany ban importations of certain North Korean seafood products.