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Rex Martinich

Council cannot be charged over drownings, court told

A council is trying to avoid prosecution over the deaths of a father and son at Airlie Beach lagoon. (David Potts/AAP PHOTOS)

A regional council has made its third attempt to avoid a workplace safety prosecution over the drowning deaths of a father and son at an artificial lagoon.

Chinese national Yuanwei Zhang and his five-year-old son, Chenxi, died at the Airlie Beach lagoon north of Mackay in Queensland on the afternoon of October 28, 2018.

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