The Transport Workers’ Union has blasted new figures which claim delivery rider injuries have decreased as just more smoke and mirrors, showing the NSW Government is running a public-relations protection racket for the gig companies to avoid regulating the industry.
Delivery rider injury figures just more smoke and mirrors Read More »
Centurion Transport has spoken for the first time publicly about the tyre accident that resulted in the tragic death of a 66-year-old truckie in 2019.
Centurion fined $200,000 for tyre failure fatality Read More »
The Queensland Dairyfarmers’ Organisation (QDO) board asked us to investigate what happens when an unroadworthy registered motorbike/tractor is in an accident.
What if a limited use registered farm vehicle is in an accident? Read More »
A Northern Territory cattle mustering contractor has been ordered to pay $20,000 in compensation to a young ringer who suffered severe burns in an AVGAS explosion on the remote Montejinni Station, 320 kilometres south-west of Katherine.
The Victorian Government has introduced on-the-spot fines for employers who put the health and safety of their workers at risk, to eliminate bad behaviour and help ensure every worker gets home safely.
Victoria’s on-the-spot fines for OHS non-compliance now in force Read More »
Charges have been laid against one of the country’s biggest sugar millers after a worker was electrocuted on the job in Far North Queensland two years ago.
Sugar giant charged with industrial manslaughter Read More »
A 19-year-old man has died after an industrial accident at the Baiada poultry plant near Tamworth in north-west NSW.
Another death in a Baiada workplace Read More »
There has been a concerning development with the process to prosecute the Victorian Government over the 2020 Hotel Quarantine breaches that lead to 801 deaths in Victoria.
WorkSafe action latest: the rule of law in Victoria is on public trial Read More »
A no-jab no-job policy will not be pursued by the federal government, which has said it is up to individual companies to make their own decisions about mandating vaccinations for staff.
Scott Morrison says federal government won’t mandate no-jab no-job for all workplaces Read More »
Shepparton-based cannery SPC has become the first Australian company to mandate the COVID-19 vaccine for all of its 450 onsite staff and visitors. The company’s decision has come off the back of the increased risk of transmission posed by the Delta variant of the virus.
SPC: First legal test case for employee-mandated COVID-19 vaccinations Read More »
Being out of work is tough, but even those who still have a job are not immune to the pressures the pandemic is putting on mental health.
COVID-19 pandemic taking a crushing toll on mental health of tradies Read More »
A man has died in a workplace accident at Melbourne Market, the city’s wholesale fruit and vegetable market in Epping.
Man dies in workplace accident at Melbourne market Read More »
In a landmark decision, the NSW Court of Appeal has upheld a NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal Appeal Panel finding of sexual harassment as a result of a ‘mortifying’ workplace health and safety poster; sending a clear message that less ‘explicit’ means of harassment such as innuendo, insinuation, implication, overtone, undertone and horseplay are not immune from liability.
The Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) has commenced legal action in court against the CFMMEU and two of its officers, for right of entry contraventions at the Central Energy Plant Towers Upgrade in South Brisbane. The ABCC alleges that the CFMMEU officers, Andrew Blakeley and Beau Seiffert, acted in an improper manner and repeatedly refused to sign in and comply with the site’s occupational health and safety coronavirus (COVID-19) requirements. Blakeley also allegedly verbally abused a site manager.
CFMMEU officers face court over OHS COVID-19 breaches Read More »
Outback Ballooning Pty Ltd, an Alice Springs-based hot air balloon company, has been convicted and fined $130,000 after pleading guilty to breaching section 32 of the Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011 (the Act)
NT hot air balloon company fined $130K over tourist fan death Read More »
