On 11 September 2024, the defendant, Quinton Marcus Vollmerhausen, appeared at the Maryborough Magistrates Court and ple

On 9 September 2024, a company in the business of producing firewood and its director were sentenced in the Toowoomba Magistrates Court for multiple breaches of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

On 21 August 2024, in the Southport Magistrates Court, the defendant pleaded guilty to two offences under the Work Health and Safety Act 2

On 21 August 2024, a mine operator was sentenced in the Maryborough Magistrates Court for failing to discharge their obligations under section 31(e) of the Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999 (‘the Act’), having failed to ensure the risk to workers at the mine was at an acceptable level pursuant to section 38(1)(a) of the Act.

On 16 August 2024 a sole trader roofing contractor was sentenced in the Brisbane Magistrates court for three contraventions of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011. He was sentenced for two category 3 breaches relating to his failure to comply with his work health and safety duties and a further offence of failing to comply with an enforcement notice issued to him as a result of his roofing works.

On 16 August 2024, Mobile Scaffolds Queensland Pty Ltd (‘the Defendant’) was sentenced ex parte in the Brisbane Magistrates Court for a single breach of section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) (‘the Act’), having failed to comply with their health and safety duty pursuant to section 19(2) of the Act.

On 13 August 2024, a company was sentenced in the Caloundra Magistrates Court for breaching section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

On 9 August 2024, the defendant, an operator of a mine, was sentenced in the Brisbane Industrial Magistrates Court for failing to ensure that the r

On 8 August 2024, a worker was sentenced in the Brisbane Magistrates Court for breaching section 28 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011

Note: the decision in this matter is the subject of an appeal.