Resident and Business Survey 2011
Every two years, the Hobart City Council conducts surveys of residents, ratepayers and businesses in Hobart. These surveys measure satisfaction against specific targets identified in the Council's Strategic Plan. The results will help the Council to serve you better by letting us know what we are doing well, where you feel we need to improve and how we are progressing in achieving the community's vision for Hobart.
The Council has recently completed its 2011 survey of the business and residential community and is currently assessing the results. The Council thanks everyone who took the time to complete the survey. The results will be made public following the completion of the review of the results in the coming months.
Home Pool Safety
Keep Watch Ambassador for Royal Life Saving Society Australia, Tasmanian Senator Catryna Bilyk says across Australia, 27 children under five years of age drowned last year, 60 percent of them in backyard pools.
The Hobart City Council is working with the Society to ensure that everyone get the message that backyard pool safety is paramount. These deaths are preventable and the families affected by these tragic losses often struggle to recover.
The Royal Life Saving Society has launched a new Home Pool Safety campaign targeting anyone who has a backyard pool. It provides sound advice in the form of a checklist that alerts pool owners to potential dangers that they may not be aware of.
Home pools are located close to the house and a child’s natural curiosity brings them into contact with the pool. In the majority of home swimming pool drowning deaths, a toddler fell in or went in voluntarily.
The most common entries for toddlers in the home pool are
Anyone with children knows it is not physically possible to watch an active toddler every second of the day as they race around exploring and discovering the world around them.
That is why having a properly functioning pool fence and gate is vital. The Keep Watch program has four key messages to reduce the problem of toddler drowning.
If you would like more information, visit the website www.homepoolsafety.com.au and download your copy of the Home Pool Safety Checklist – it could save a life!