Architects are calling for tighter rules after new estimates revealed up to 12,000 balconies and decks across Australia could be at risk of potentially deadly collapse.
An ABC investigation has found there is no system for mandatory inspections of decks across Australia and rules vary from state to state.
Queensland is yet to act on 13 recommendations to improve deck safety, which followed the death of seven-week-old Isabella Diefenbach in 2010.
Her father Adam was nursing the baby girl when his foot went through a rotten verandah board and he lost hold of her. Isabella fell two metres to her death.
The lawyer for the family says decks can be a "hidden trap because from the outside there are no significant visual indicators of the danger".
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Architects are calling for tighter rules after new estimates revealed up to 12,000 balconies and decks across Australia could be at risk of potentially deadly collapse.
An ABC investigation has found there is no system for mandatory inspections of decks across Australia and rules vary from state to state.
Queensland is yet to act on 13 recommendations to improve deck safety, which followed the death of seven-week-old Isabella Diefenbach in 2010.
Her father Adam was nursing the baby girl when his foot went through a rotten verandah board and he lost hold of her. Isabella fell two metres to her death.
The lawyer for the family says decks can be a "hidden trap because from the outside there are no significant visual indicators of the danger".
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