The two giant tube slides reportedly cost A$600,000 to build, in a playground upgrade costing $3.55 million. It then cost a further $340,000 for the hazardous slides to be dismantled.

The suspect, identified by FCSO as 45-year-old Julie Martellucci, refused to exit the playground when officials arrived and attempted to hide in a corkscrew tube slide, deputies say.

In 2016, an Adelaide giant tube slide complex was closed only months after opening, after a spate of serious injuries including knee fractures and dislocations. And in 2018, a Sydney playground ...