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Lucinda Garbutt-Young

Government fined after girl, 9, burnt at Questacon

A nine-year-old girl suffered burns when she touched a plasma globe exhibit at Questacon. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

The federal government has been fined after a primary school-aged child endured second-degree burns at the nation's largest science education centre.

The nine-year-old girl suffered burns to her hands when she used alcohol-based hand sanitiser and touched a plasma globe exhibit at Questacon, a government-run centre in Canberra known to attract school excursions and young families, in July 2022.

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