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A family friend of two children who died in a crash earlier this year has lent weight to experts’ calls for law changes around how children are restrained in cars.
Experts have warned of a widening gap between “what is legal and what is safe” in child car safety.
Australia has just experienced its hottest November on record. While La Niña is expected to bring a wetter summer season, the Bureau of Meteorology, also predicts that heatwaves will last over a prolonged period. Experts warn that people should take extra precaution indoors and outdoors to prevent sun and heat-related health problems.
When the six most critical children pulled from the wreckage of a school bus arrived at the Royal Children’s Hospital they were quiet. And that, says the hospital’s head surgeon, was reassuring.
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