Child dies after getting caught in blind cord
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A toddler has died in Sydney’s north-west after she became entangled in a blind cord while she slept in her cot. A NSW Ambulance spokeswoman said paramedics were called to…
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A two-year-old boy is in intensive care in hospital after falling about 13 metres from a unit block window and landing on concrete in Sydney’s north-west. (more…)
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Professional indemnity (PI) insurance is a must in Australia’s increasingly litigious society. But how many industry professionals really know how their policy works? One Queensland-based principal discovered, to their cost,…
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A family was lucky not to have suffered more serious injuries when the balcony they were eating dinner on gave way and they plunged up to six metres onto concrete…
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