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.
A factory worker who stayed at home for six months after she “bumped” her knee, aggravating a prior injury, has been awarded thousands of dollars over a bullying investigation.
Injured worker stays home for six months – then gets $12k over bullying probe Read More »
Magistrate Webster of the Magistrates Court of Tasmania has acquitted a sole trader charged under the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 (Tas) (the WHS Act) following the 2021 Hillcrest Primary School tragedy in which six children died and others were seriously injured while using a jumping castle during a school event.
Jumping castle operator acquitted by Tasmanian Magistrates Court Read More »
The Queensland Industrial Relations Commission (QIRC) in Satterly v Brisbane City Council [2025] QIRC 97 examines establishing workplace misconduct as a valid dismissal reason, especially when psychiatric injury is involved. It highlights how misconduct and unfair dismissal interact with the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003.
Separating misconduct from psychiatric injury in dismissal Read More »
WorkSafe has charged a transport company and a commercial laundry operator after a driver died following a fall from a truck’s elevated tailgate at Dandenong South in June 2023.
Two companies charged after fatal tailgate fall Read More »
