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 ...

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Building and Construction Minister Shane Jones today announced a review of the swimming pool laws, the first since they came into effect 20 years ago. “The Fencing of Swimming Pools Act (FoSPA) 1987 ...