"The Royal Life Saving Society says the latest figures on toddler drownings in the Northern Territory prove pool fencing laws are working - for now.
A new report from the society shows that no children under the age of five drowned in the Territory between July 2009 and June 2010.
Nationally 33 children under the age of five drowned during that period, and almost half of the incidents happened in backyard swimming pools.
The society's Dr Richard Franklin says the Territory has being going against the national trend since strict pool fencing laws were introduced in 2003."
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