Overview

• On June 14, 2025, three-year-old Dion Robbins used a stool to unlatch a gate and access a backyard pool before drowning while retrieving toys.
• Family members and emergency crews performed CPR at the scene but Dion was pronounced dead, just weeks shy of his fourth birthday.
• The Northern Territory Police Crime Command has launched a formal investigation into the incident ahead of the coroner’s findings.
• A GoFundMe campaign set up by Dion’s aunt has drawn neighbourhood and online support, raising over A$10,000 for his parents’ funeral costs.
• The incident highlights the Northern Territory’s record-high per capita drowning rates and the particular risk backyard pools pose to young children.