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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tips for keeping kids safe around pools from the American Academy of Pediatrics: your child is safe in water. Use common sense -- and pool fencing -- to protect kids With kids in the home and a ...

Doesn’t everyone love a house with a swimming pool? Don’t bet on it. A property with even the grandest pool can alienate some prospective buyers. Cost and maintenance issues are the biggest roadblocks ...

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Children can be quick, nimble and very quiet when they know they are doing something their parents wouldn’t like. A deadly combination when it involves an inadequately fenced swimming or spa pool and ...

The nation's leading water safety organisation is calling for mandatory pool fencing across the Top End, which has Australia's worst rate of toddler drownings. Pools can be unfenced in the NT on ...