Following an extensive investigation by SafeWork SA, it has been found that SA Police failed to carry out required routine maintenance checks on a walk-in freezer and subsequently did not
Calls for industrial manslaughter laws after death of NSW scaffolding worker
Following our article about the Federal Government principally supporting industrial manslaughter laws, there have been increased calls for implementation following the death of a young scaffolding worker in Sydney this
One worker killed and another injured in Macquarie Park scaffolding incident
Around 12:30pm AEDT on April 1, two men were completing work from a scaffolding platform on a building site at Sydney’s Macquarie Park when the structure collapsed. Nine ambulance units,
Queensland appoints nation’s first WHS Prosecutor
Queensland is leading the country in an improved approach to workplace health and safety, appointing the nation’s first Work Health and Safety Prosecutor. Minister for Industrial Relations Grace Grace announced
Another death after fall from height despite regulator’s warnings over safety, fines
Despite repeated calls from SafeWork NSW in the past few months, another worker has died after falling from a height on a job site in Lake Macquarie. Brayden Asser, working