In response to the alarming number of children who had drowned in backyard swimming pools, the Australian government introduced strict pool fencing laws in 1991. The result of these laws was a ...

The number of home owners with swimming pools in their homes is growing. Mr Derrick Goloba who owns a house along Gayaza Road, has a domestic pool, which for the last couple of years has been the main ...

The father of Samuel Morris, a toddler who slipped through a hole in the fence around the family pool and subsequently died, fears a review of NSW's controversial pool rules could result in them being ...

Q: I'm preparing to build a fence around my swimming pool for child-safety reasons. Most likely, there are legal standards for pool fencing, and I want to be sure my new fence complies with these ...

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