The Safety Institute of Australia has applauded a Senate Committee’s recommendation to introduce industrial manslaughter laws nationally, and has called on state and federal governments to act quickly and show bipartisan support for their implementation. Following the introduction of industrial manslaughter provisions in Queensland in 2017, there has been ongoing national debate regarding their utilityRead more
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A Senate Committee has handed down its 135-page report on the “framework surrounding the prevention, investigation and prosecution of industrial deaths in Australia”. In it, it makes a number of key recommendations including introducing national industrial manslaughter laws, amending the WHS Act to ban companies from buying insurance against fines, and not allowing repeat WHS offenders to bidRead more
The principal contractor involved in the tragic deaths of two construction workers at Eagle Farm Racecourse in Queensland almost two years ago has today been fined $405,000, for breaches of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (WHS Act). After pleading guilty at an earlier mention, the company was sentenced in the Brisbane Magistrates CourtRead more
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