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Lloyd Jones

Toddler death prompts coroner's septic tank reprimand

A boy died after falling into a septic tank at his public housing home in a remote community. (PR IMAGE PHOTO)

A toddler's death after falling into a septic tank happened as government officials "sat on their hands" instead of making sure such tanks in remote communities are safe, a coroner says.

An inquest has examined the death of two-year-old Kumanjayi Fly, who on March 29, 2023, fell into a septic tank in the backyard of his family's public housing home in the remote Northern Territory community of Watiyawanu.

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