Sharps shocker

Council cleaners found another two syringes in public toilets on the waterfront Tuesday, prompting City Hall to issue a public warning.
The cleaners found syringes hidden in paper dispensers in toilets near Cunningham Pier and Transvaal Square, despite both blocks having sharps disposals boxes.
The discovery follows reports of a syringe pricking a two-year-old girl at the Eastern Beach toilets Friday.
The council’s investment and attraction general manager Brett Luxford said the City would increase cleaning of all public toilets.
“It’s incredibly disappointing and potentially dangerous that people would dump their used syringes in public toilets,” he said.
“It’s very concerning these potentially harmful syringes are being left where City cleaners and members of our community could unwittingly injure themselves.”
Mr Luxford said City Hall had instructed its cleaners to routinely check for sharps within paper dispensers in their regular rounds.
He called on members of the public to report any syringes in public toilet blocks to the City.
“We don’t want to cause the public to worry, but we feel it is important to remind the community to take care when using any public facility.”
Mr Luxford said the City Hall would investigate how to better protect the toilet paper dispensers from being tampered with in all its public toilet blocks.