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A coastal local government area has recorded four drownings of children under five years of age in five years, every one of them in a backyard swimming pool at the child's own home or a relative's. A council audit of the 1,200 registered pools finds that 41% have a barrier that does not comply with the Australian Standard, most often because a door from the house opens directly into the pool enclosure. The council's child drowning prevention plan contains all of the measures below and will fund each of them over three years. Which one of the following should the council implement first?
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