“Your boy’s drowned in my pool,” Queensland mother Hayley Corben was told after a neighbour found her four-year-old son, William, floating head-down in the water. A Brisbane inquest has heard William ...

A Queensland coroner who investigated the drowning of a young boy after a pool fence gate was deliberately propped open wants the State Government to consider introducing new criminal laws. Deputy ...

A review by an expert panel of child drownings between 2006 and 2015 found the majority of pools involved had safety compliance issues — with malfunctioning self-closing gates top of the list. The ...

Council has investigated 274 complaints about backyard pool fences in the past five years with a shocking two-thirds found to be illegal. More than 50 properties had no pool fencing at all. Dozens of ...

Because if it isn't, you could be facing a whopping $2000 fine come the beginning of next month. The pool safety register has been developed under the new Queensland pool safety laws in a bid to ...

A two-year-old Queensland girl has lost her fight for life a week after being found face down in the family swimming pool. Aliyana Caplin was placed on life support after her mother found her ...

WITH spring finally here and the Gympie Memorial Pool open for business for the swimming season, it is time for pool owners to check that their pool's safety. As Gympie pool owner Ramon Edward Clive ...

Young children are adventurous and fearless—and that can lead to tragedy if you don’t secure your pool properly. A pool in your backyard is an awesome addition to your house. Whether it’s in-ground or ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. One in four Brisbane pools checked by Brisbane City Council in the past 12 months has failed a basic pool safety check. The figure was ...

Welcome to Sisters In Law, news.com.au’s weekly column solving all of your legal problems. This week, our resident lawyers and real-life sisters Alison and Jillian Barrett from Maurice Blackburn ...