What happens when workplace rules clash?
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) recently dealt with a case involving a worker who challenged their dismissal, arguing that it was unfair.
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2025
Man convicted over $114,000 compensation fraud
A business manager has been convicted and placed on a Community Corrections Order after dishonestly claiming $114,952 in workers compensation payments while secretly working a full-time job.
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Demolition company fined $140,000 after excavator hits powerlines
An Adelaide demolition company has been convicted and fined more than $140,000 after its excavator brought down a 415 voltage overhead powerline, exposing the operator to risk of death or serious injury.
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Electrocuted orchard worker: WorkSafe and coroner at odds about accident
No-one will know what led orchard worker and grandfather Falaniko Ah Lin to drive a cherry picker into a 33,000 volt overhead power line.
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Two companies fined $415,000 after fatal workplace accident
The death of a 70-year-old worker on his second shift in January 2022 has led to hundreds of thousands of fines against two companies for their work health and safety negligence.
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Dodgy Crane Safety Inflicts Misery For Teen Worker
Old equipment repurposed by businesses must be safe to use, WorkSafe New Zealand says, following sentencing of a Rotorua company whose modified crane became a weapon that changed the life of a teenage contractor.
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Minns Labor Government to establish SafeWork NSW as a standalone regulator
The NSW Minns Labor Government will continue its mission to ensure workers have strong laws and a tough regulator on the beat by introducing a bill into the NSW Parliament to establish SafeWork NSW as a standalone regulator.
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Without warning – pilot incapacitation
The poets and philosophers are right: life is fragile, so take care of yourself. This particularly applies to pilots who hold the lives of others literally in their hands.
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WorkSafe is reminding employers about controlling risks associated with using ozone generating machines.
A laundry within an aged care facility uses an ozone generator to clean clothes and sheets in cold water, killing bacteria and viruses.
Labour hire company fined $415,000 after worker’s death
A labour hire company has been convicted and fined a total of $415,000 after a fruit picker died following a fall from a moving trailer during his second shift with the company.
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Employers cop $13.3 million for safety breaches in 2024
Victorian employers faced serious legal and financial consequences for putting workers at risk last year, with WorkSafe completing 119 successful health and safety prosecutions and enforceable undertakings.
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Horse trainer’s company charged over deadly crash
A prominent horseracing identity’s company has been charged with workplace health and safety breaches over a car crash that seriously injured five people and killed four horses.
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Melbourne school and travel company fined $300k over student’s death
Melbourne School And Travel Company Fined 300k Over Students Death
Total fines of $290,000 have been charged against a travel company and a school after a 16-year-old boy suffered fatal diabetes complications during a school trip to Vietnam in 2019.
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Worker convicted after forklift death
A worker has been convicted and placed on a six month good behaviour bond following the death of a colleague who was struck by a forklift load at a warehouse near Geelong.
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Empathy in Action: Returning Workers to Health and Meaningful Work
The workers’ compensation industry is often seen through a lens of financial transactions, regulatory compliance, and cost containment.
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