WHS regulators Australia-wide have urged businesses and workers to stay vigilant in the lead-up to the holidays and to maintain focus on health and safety across all workplaces. WorkSafe WA
Fine increased on appeal over deaths of two workers
Criscon Pty Ltd, the contractor found responsible for the deaths of two workers at a construction job at Eagle Farm Racecourse in Brisbane, has had the initial fine increased on
187 workplace breaches at manufactured stone businesses
SafeWork NSW continues its crackdown on silica-related workplace safety breaches, with three out of four manufactured stone worksites in NSW issued with breach notices over the last five years. The
SafeWork adjusts exposure standards for respirable crystalline silica
SafeWork Australia has announced that it has reduced the recommended workplace exposure standards for respirable crystalline silica. The reduction sees the standard brought down from 0.1 mg/m3 to the significantly
CFMMEU fined over bogus safety concerns
The CFMMEU and two of its officials have had $156,900 in penalties imposed upon them in the Federal Circuit Court in Sydney after they falsified safety concerns and organised work