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New Zealand judge dismisses charges against White Island volcano owners

Individual charges against Andrew, James and Peter Buttle dropped, though their company still faces charges over deadly eruption

The Guardian - AU

White Island volcano trial: court hears from land owners accused of safety failures

One of three brothers who own the island and run tourist operation there tells court ‘what happened was a shock to everybody’

The Guardian - AU

NZ workers have unacceptably high exposures to carcinogens – they need better protection and long-term health monitoring

A recent survey suggests that 58% of workers in New Zealand are exposed to at least one cancer-causing agent at work. Almost one in three are exposed at a high level, at or above the standards set by WorkSafe New Zealand, and almost one in four are exposed to five…

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A 16Y.O. Boy Has Died After Being Injured In A Workplace Accident In Perth

Emergency services were called to TLC Surface Treatment Factory in Welshpool, Perth, before 8 am.

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Teenage boy killed in industrial workplace accident

A report will be prepared for the coroner after a 16-year-old worker was killed in an industrial accident in the Perth suburb of Welshpool.

AAP

Explosives equipment missing from massive Snowy Hydro work site

Worksafe NSW launches investigation as site staff told missing detonator and accelerant require other components to activate

The Guardian - AU

Worker crushed by lumber will 'never be the person I once was'

A building company admitted endangering the health and safety of an employee.

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Businesses to pay higher premiums, mental health claims restricted in Victorian WorkCover overhaul

Businesses will be slugged with higher premiums and criteria around mental health claims tightened as the state government grapples with a "broken" WorkCover system.

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WorkSafe to prosecute Kalgoorlie assay laboratory where four workers allegedly received lead poisoning

WorkSafe is set to prosecute the owners of a Kalgoorlie-based assay laboratory where four workers allegedly received lead poisoning, including one who was hospitalised for high levels of lead in their blood.

ABC News

Investigator grilled over fatal aged-care outbreak

A magistrate has demanded answers about a fatal COVID-19 outbreak at an aged care home, quizzing an investigator about why he didn't interview a key witness.

The New Daily

Education department, Port Fairy pool operator charged after boy drowns at school event

The Year 2 Merrivale Primary School student drowned at the Belfast Aquatics Community Pool and Fitness Centre while at on a school excursion.

ABC News

WA farm deaths inquiry finds 'risk-taking culture', recommends more inspections and safety education

After 12 deaths in as many months, a WorkSafe investigation into Western Australia's agricultural sector finds that workplace fatalities are the highest of any industry.

ABC News

Family of girl killed in Broome chopper crash calls for aviation crackdown as ATSB finds safety failures

The family of a 12-year-old girl killed in a helicopter crash in Broome three years ago calls for drastic changes to the regulation of tourist flights after a scathing report.

ABC News

Work safety watchdog told it may have been sent medical records from Dhulwa

WorkSafe ACT did not confirm whether it found the records in its possession.

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Heavy Mechanics' fine increased by Court of Appeal after 2014 Wodonga fatal crash

The Court of Appeal has ruled a fine issued last year to mechanics over a triple fatality near Wodonga in 2014 was manifestly inadequate.

AAP

Fine increased over decoupled tanker triple-fatality

A mechanics company found responsible for a horrific 2014 crash that killed three people has had its fine increased by the Victorian Court of Appeal.

The Canberra Times

Canberra Hospital's intensive care unit given WorkSafe notices

Another two notices were also given to a community outreach service.

ABC News

Melbourne racecourse fined $250,000 over death of young jockey Mikaela Claridge

The Cranbourne Turf Club was sentenced in the Melbourne County Court, after pleading guilty to breaching health and safety laws over the death of 22-year-old Mikaela Claridge.

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Luke Corderoy says CBD worksite where Wesley Ballantine died was 'unsafe' but denies it was his responsibility

Prosecutor Tanya Hollaway tells the court the worksite had "multiple trip hazards" and "open voids", but the alleged company director Luke Corderoy says he is not to blame.

The Canberra Times

Six months on yet still no answers on Phillip excavation site wall collapse

WorkSafe ACT is yet to report on the Geocon site wall collapse in August 2022

The Canberra Times

New agreement needed to avoid repeat 'unfortunate' Assembly breach

This could prevent another "unfortunate" breach of parliamentary privilege, a committee has said.

ABC News

Fortescue Metals Group agrees to hand over sexual harassment documents to WorkSafe but will redact names

The mining giant says it will hand over documents that detail allegations of sexual harassment to WorkSafe, but will remove the names of the employees involved.

AAP

Fortescue backs down in mines harassment stoush

Mining giant Fortescue Metals Group says it will provide documents relating to an investigation into alleged sexual harassment cases at its mine sites.

ABC News

Fortescue Metals Group defends not handing documents on alleged sexual harassment to WorkSafe, despite charges

Fortescue Metals Group says WA's safety regulator has no legal basis to ask for documents relating to sexual harassment at three of its mine sites, and it will not be pushed into releasing the private information of staff.

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Immigrant Detention Center Operator Faces Fines, Lawsuit Over Working Conditions

California has fined GEO Group over $100,000 for

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