Recent changes to the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW) now make NSW Codes of Practice (Codes) legally binding, requiring a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs) to take steps to be compliant with the Codes, or otherwise become open to penalties for breaching health and safety duties.
NSW WHS Codes of Practice now legally binding on PCBUs Read More »
The New South Wales District Court has handed down its first Work Health and Safety (WHS) prosecution of 2025, convicting Silver Raven Pty Ltd and imposing a $180,000 fine following an incident that left a worker with serious injuries.
John Holland contractor convicted in First WHS Prosecution of 2025 Read More »
Effective 1 July 2025, SafeWork NSW transitioned into an independent statutory regulator under the Work Health and Safety Amendment (Standalone Regulator) Act 2025.
SafeWork NSW – Now an Independent Regulator Read More »
The recently reconstituted Industrial Court of New South Wales has delivered its first sentencing decision in a work health and safety (WHS) prosecution, with Justice Paingakulam handing down judgment in SafeWork NSW v Hibernian Contracting Pty Ltd [2025] NSWIC 4.
Industrial Court delivers first WHS sentencing decision with key guidance on mitigation Read More »
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has agreed to a legally binding Enforceable Undertaking (EU) from Australian Pet Brands (APB), requiring more than $1.375 million in safety and equipment upgrades after a serious phosphoric acid spill at its Dubbo site in August 2023.
Dubbo Pet Food Firm Fined $1.375M for Acid Spill Safety Read More »
Safe Work Australia has updated the WHS prosecutions dashboard to reflect the latest publicly available data from 2024. We have also enhanced the dashboard functionality by adding the ability to filter the data by industry.
Media release A construction company has been fined $750,000 and a company director fined $45,000 over an incident in which a worker from another business was seriously injured in a fall.
Construction company and director fined over worker fall Read More »
A Dandenong packaging manufacturer has been convicted and fined a total of $80,000 after a worker had a finger amputated due to using unguarded machinery.
Manufacturer fined $80,000 after worker loses finger Read More »
A Perth building company and its former director have been hit with significant fines after a fall at one of their sites left a worker with life-changing injuries.
Perth builder CASM Construction fined $750,000 after worker injured Read More »
WorkSafe is in the final stages of a long-running investigation into the City of Nedlands over alleged staff misconduct, coinciding with a tumultuous week when the entire “dysfunctional” council was sacked.
City of Nedlands under investigation for ‘inappropriate workplace behaviour’ claims Read More »
When I started in general practice 30 years ago, I realised immediately that most GPs have little interest or acumen in occupational health; but it quickly became a passion of mine.
‘It’s seeing people get their lives back’ Read More »
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A former manager of the Currumbin Hotel is suing for more than half a million dollars in damages, after slipping and falling, trying to locate a dead rat.
Manager seeks big payout for workplace injury Read More »
Two related elevator companies have been convicted and fined a total of $930,000 after an apprentice electrician died while working for his father in West Melbourne.
$930,000 in fines after young apprentice electrocuted Read More »
A Queensland company has been fined $400,000 and slammed for not seeing the ‘obvious’ risks that led to the death of an apprentice in a horrific explosion.
