Deputy PM calls for stricter oversight of jet ski industry amid safety concerns

DEPUTY Prime Minister Chester Cooper admitted yesterday that more must be done to improve oversight of the jet ski industry, even as he insisted there have been no delays in reform efforts, after US Ambassador Herschel Walker urged authorities to act “without further delay” following another alleged sexual assault involving a visitor.


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