Illawarra children's quad bike deaths 'preventable': Stephen Jones

Kate McIlwain
Updated September 10 2019 - 6:33pm, first published 5:30pm
Parliament House: Whitlam MP Stephen Jones joined protesters calling for quad bike protections on Tuesday morning. Picture: Supplied.
Parliament House: Whitlam MP Stephen Jones joined protesters calling for quad bike protections on Tuesday morning. Picture: Supplied.

The deaths of the two children who were killed riding quad bikes on Illawarra farms this year could have been prevented if a new set of safety standards had been put in place, Whitlam MP Stephen Jones said.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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