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.

On 18 December 2024, a company was sentenced in the Cleveland Magistrates Court for breaching section 40(1)(b) of the Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act(Qld) (‘the Act’), having failed to comply with their primary health and safety duty.

On 16 December 2024, a construction company, and one of its employees, were sentenced in the Ipswich Magistrates Court for breaching section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld)
(‘the Act’). The defendant company failed to comply with its primary health and safety duty, thereby exposing workers to the risk of death or serious injury. The defendant worker failed to take reasonable care that his acts or omissions did not adversely affect the health and safety of other persons, and the failure exposed individuals to a risk of death or serious injury.

On 11 December 2024, a construction company was sentenced in the Maryborough Magistrates Court for breaching section 19 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (‘the Act’), having failed to comply with their primary health and safety duty.