Significant increase to penalties for businesses who commit safety offences Safety of WA workers a priority of the McGowan Government Penalties in the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1984...
Category - Compliance
Jeebropilly Mine’s prioritised focus of its workforce’s health and safety is paying dividends with the mine site’s efforts being recognised by the State Government. Jeebropilly Mine has been named...
The Australian Conservation Foundation is alarmed by reports that the Finkel review will recommend a so-called ‘Clean Energy Target’ (CET) that would allow for gas or even coal-fired power stations...
New laws will enable Queensland’s building regulator to take action where there is a threat to the safety of workers on building sites. Minister for Housing and Public Works Mick de Brenni said the...
Mandatory licensing of labour hire companies will be introduced in Queensland in a bid to crack-down on rogue operators who are exploiting and mistreating vulnerable workers. Announcing the scheme at...
A community in South Africa has lodged a complaint with Australia’s Export Credit Agency (Efic), demanding the government organisation refuse a proposal to fund a new coal mine in South Africa. The...
A company has been convicted and fined over an incident in which two workers were injured on a drilling rig platform. This is Saxon Energy Services Australia’s first work health and safety offence...
The proponent behind a $640 million metal project that has been suspended for health and safety breaches, has awarded a major tender to a contractor committed to providing the best possible earth...
A Queensland metal producer has made a shock decision to terminate its managing director amid a health and safety breach at its $640 million mine in northwest Queensland. Cudeco’s Board...
The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) will establish a high level technical forum to deliver safety outcomes for Australia’s heavy vehicle industry. CEO Sal Petroccitto told Heavy Vehicle...
While asbestos has been banned across Australia for more than 10 years, a South Australian company supplying portable structures to the mining and energy industry is being investigated for importing...
Six out of ten underground personal transport vehicles at a New South Wales mine were found to be operating with faulty axle assembles by personnel investigating the cause of an accident. According...
