On 13 February 2025, an electrical contractor was sentenced in the Maroochydore Magistrates Court for two charges of breaching section 40C of the Electrical Safety Act 2002 (Qld) (‘the Act’), having failed to comply with his duties to take reasonable care for his own electrical safety, and to take reasonable care that his acts or omissions did not adversely affect the electrical safety of other persons or property; and these failures exposed himself and other persons to the risk of death or serious injury.

On 12 February 2025, the defendant pleaded guilty to an offence under the Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999 (Qld).

On 5 February 2025, a 67-year-old sole trader who runs a horse-riding business was sentenced in the Maroochydore Magistrates Court for breaching section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) (‘the Act’), having failed to comply with a primary health and safety duty.

On 30 January 2025, a company was sentenced in the Gympie Magistrates Court for breaching section 40C of the Electrical Safety Act 2002 (Qld) (‘the Act’) for failing to comply with its duty under section 30 of the Act to ensure, so far as was reasonably practicable, that its business or undertaking was conducted in a way that was electrically safe.

On 29 January 2025, a local manufacturer of custom campers was sentenced in the Caboolture Magistrates Court for breaching section 40C of the Electrical Safety Act 2002 (Qld) (‘the Act’), having failed to comply with its primary duty to ensure the work conducted was electrically safe.

On 28 January 2025, a formerly licenced electrician was sentenced in the Townsville Magistrates Court for breaching the Electrical Safety Act 2002 (Qld) (‘the Act’). The defendant, not being the holder of an electrical work licence, performed electrical work contrary to section 55(1) if the Act (charge 1). The defendant further conducted a business which included the performance of electrical work without holding an electrical contract licence, contrary to section 56 of the Act (charge 2).

On 14 January 2025, a company was sentenced in the Southport Magistrates Court for breaching section 40C of the Electrical Safety Act 2002 (Qld) (‘the Act’) for failing to comply with its duty under section 30 of the Act to ensure, so far as was reasonably practicable, that its business or undertaking was conducted in a way that was electrically safe.

On 20 December 2024, a timber mill company was convicted in the Brisbane Magistrates Court for breaching section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) (the Act), having failed to comply with its primary health and safety duty pursuant to section 19(1).

On 20 December 2024, a local government entity was sentenced in the Brisbane Magistrates Court for breaching section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) (‘the Act’). The defendant pleaded guilty to failing to comply with its primary health and safety duty, thereby exposing workers to the risk of death or serious injury.

On 18 December 2024, the defendant was convicted in the Brisbane Magistrates Court of a complaint against the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) (the Act). The defendant, as a person conducting a business or undertaking, had a primary duty of care to ensure, so far as reasonably practicable, the health and safety of its workers and the defendant failed to comply with that duty. The failure exposed an individual to a risk of death or serious injury.