Published 5 months ago

Education department, Port Fairy pool operator charged after boy drowns at school event

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Cooper Onyett died in May after drowning at the Belfast Aquatic Centre in Port Fairy. The Victorian Department of Education and a Port Fairy pool operator have been charged with breaches of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. The matter is listed to appear at Warrnambool Magistrates' Court at the end of the month.

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ABC Australia

Education department, Port Fairy pool operator charged after boy drowns at school event

The Year 2 Merrivale Primary School student drowned at the Belfast Aquatics Community Pool and Fitness Centre while at on a school excursion.

5 months ago·Australia

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The West Australian

Charges laid after primary school student drowning

A Port Fairy pool operator and the education department has been charged by WorkSafe over a school boy's drowning in regional Victoria.

5 months ago

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The Age

Education department charged over boy’s school-camp drowning

Cooper Onyett, a year 2 student at Merrivale Primary School in Warrnambool, drowned in a Port Fairy swimming pool during his first overnight school camp in May 2021.

5 months ago·Australia

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