Ipswich Connect - March 2014 - page 24

MAYOR Paul Pisasale
Office (07) 3810 6201
Div 1 David Morrison
Office (07) 3818 3100
Emaildmorrison@ipswich.qld.gov.au
Div 2 Paul Tully
Goodna Office (07) 3818 6900
Emailptully@ipswich.qld.gov.au
Div 3 Victor Attwood
Office (07) 3288 5899
Emailvattwood@ipswich.qld.gov.au
Div 4 Bruce Casos
Office (07) 3816 2444
Emailbcasos@ipswich.qld.gov.au
Div 5 Heather Morrow
Office (07) 3281 8700
Emailhmorrow@ipswich.qld.gov.au
Div 6 Cheryl Bromage
Office (07) 3810 6556
Emailcbromage@ipswich.qld.gov.au
CONTACT YOUR COUNCILLOR
(address details inside)
Div 7 Andrew Antoniolli
Office (07) 3810 6224
Emailaantoniolli@ipswich.qld.gov.au
Div 8 Charlie Pisasale
Office (07) 3282 9600
Emailcpisasale@ipswich.qld.gov.au
Div 9 Sheila Ireland
Office (07) 3810 6231
Emailsireland@ipswich.qld.gov.au
Div 10 David Pahlke
Office (07) 5464 1088
Emaildpahlke@ipswich.qld.gov.au
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3810 6666 or
1300 IPSWICH (4779424)
council@ipswich.qld.gov.au
PO Box 191,
Ipswich, 4305
April to June 2014
Issue Date: 14 April
Due Date: 15 May
July to September 2014
Issue Date: 14 July
Due Date: 14 August
You can pay your rates at the Ipswich
City Council Customer Service Centre
in the Ipswich Mall, at the post office,
by cheque or through B-Pay.
Important rates dates Pool safety laws protect
your loved ones
Ipswich pride pins and
special milestone certificatescan be requested at
councillors offices or
the Office of the Mayoron 3810 6201.
Swimming pools are a fun way to cool
down over summer and are popular
with families, however, with drowning
one of the leading causes of death for
Queensland children under five, safe
practices and preventative measures
will help ensure your families’ safety.
Supervising young children and
teaching them to swim at a young
age is one of the ways to prevent
accidental drowning, as well as having
an effective and compliant pool fence.
The Act definition of swimming pools
includes spa pools and spa baths
continually filled with a water depth
of more than 300 millimetres. When
purchasing a swimming pool, whether
it is an above-ground or portable pool,
owners should be mindful of their
obligations to install a compliant pool
fence.
Pool safety laws require pool owners
to construct and maintain a compliant
pool fence around their swimming
pool, regardless of when the pool
was installed. Under the current laws,
pool owners have until 30 November
2015 to meet the current pool safety
standard, or earlier if they sell or lease
their property.
It is also the pool owners
responsibility to register their pool
on the Queensland Pool Safety
Register which can be found at
www.hpw.qld.gov.au.
Pool owners can engage a licensed
private pool safety inspector, building
certifier or can contact council to
undertake a pool safety inspection.
Visitwww.ipswich.qld.gov.auand refer
to council’s fees and charges for more
details.
For more information about the pool
safety laws, visit www.hpw.qld.gov.au
or phone the Pool Safety Council on
1800 340 634.
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