On 21 March 2024, a timber company was sentenced in the Brisbane Magistrates Court for breaching section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (‘the Act’), having failed to comply with its primary health and safety duty pursuant to section 19(1) of the Act.
On 11 March 2024, a man was sentenced for two offences in the Southport Magistrates Court for failing to have the authority of the Chief Inspector to possess explosives pursuant to section 34(1) of the Explosives Act 1999 (‘the Act’) and using fireworks in a fireworks display in contravention of section 165 of the Explosives Regulation 2017 (‘the Regulation’).
On 1 March 2024, a worker was sentenced in the Pine Rivers Magistrates Court for breaching section 190 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (‘the Act’). The defendant pleaded guilty to intimidating inspectors at a commercial construction site at Brendale on 29 May 2023.
On 26 February, a teacher was sentenced in the Hervey Bay Magistrates Court for breaching section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (‘the Act’). The defendant pleaded guilty to failing to comply with his health and safety duty as a worker pursuant to section 28 of the Act, thereby exposing individuals to the risk of death or serious injury.
