“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...