Since 2000, 28 people—including 17 children under 5—have died in Australia from toppling furniture and, each year, more than 900 Australians suffer injuries requiring medical assistance from toppling furniture. Children aged up to 4 are most at risk, with older Australians also vulnerable. (Furniture Stability, Queensland Government. 2025) When our Sarah Hunstead was a toddler, she pulled a large mirror onto herself while her family stayed in a serviced apartment. She ended up with over 100 tiny

Around 30,000 bluebottle stings are reported every year along the east coast of Australia (and that's just the reported stings!) Also known as the Portuguese Man-o-war (Physalia sp.), bluebottles cause painful stings, and are found throughout Australian waters (and both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans). If you or your child are stung, symptoms may include pain, welts, redness swelling and blistering to the stung area, and less commonly headache, nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain and occasional

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