Disclaimer: Reports are provided as a summary only. They are not a verbatim account of the court proceedings and do not contain all details placed before the court. They are not intended to be used as a record of the court proceedings.

On 15 October 2025, an operator of an open-cut coal mine was sentenced in the Rockhampton Magistrates Court for breaching section 34 of the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999 (CMSH Act), having failed to ensure that the risk to coal mine workers while at the mine was at an acceptable level as required by section 41(1)(a) of the CMSH Act. The defendant was fined $80,000 and no conviction was recorded.

On 15 October 2025, a medium sized business that manufacture garage doors were sentenced in the Beenleigh 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 10 October 2025 a construction company was sentenced in the Brisbane Magistrates Court for two section 33 offences under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) (‘the Act’), having failed to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety of its workers and other persons.

On 8 October 2025, a concrete manufacturer was sentenced in the Beaudesert 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.

On 26 September 2025, a worker was sentenced in the Brisbane Magistrates Court for four offences of breaching section 180(3) of the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act (‘the Act’), having made an entry in a relevant document, knowing the entry to be false or misleading.

On 5 September 2025, a director of a chemical processing plant (‘the Company’) was sentenced in the Brisbane Magistrates Court for breaching section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) (‘the Act’), having failed, as an officer of the Company, to exercise due diligence to ensure that the Company complied with the primary duty of care it owed.

On 2 September 2025, a local government entity was sentenced in the Rockhampton Magistrates Court for breaching section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) (‘the Act’).

On 28 August 2025, a sugarcane farming corporation was sentenced in the Bundaberg 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.

On 25 August 2025, a fabrication company was sentenced in the Townsville 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.

On 12 August 2025, a sole trader was fined $7,000 in the Hervey Bay Magistrates Court for two offences relating to electrical licencing. The defendant contracted for, and performed, electrical work while not the holder of an electrical contractor licence. The defendant also subcontracted his friend ‘A’ and instructed him to perform electrical work knowing that A had never held any type of electrical licence. The offending came to the attention of the investigators when A fell at the workplace and tragically succumbed to his injuries. There is no allegation that the defendant’s failures caused A’s death.