‘Absolute injustice’: Melbourne families slam $185 fines after teens’ methanol poisoning deaths

The fathers of Holly Morton-Bowles and Bianca Jones say the fines are an insult to their daughters, who died after drinking contaminated alcohol in Laos.


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