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Queenslanders need to work safely 365 days a year
Workplaces across Queensland are encouraged to take part in National Safe Work Month this October to help save lives and reduce the cost of work-related injury and illness.
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New regulation on processing crystalline silica substances in effect (1 September 2024)
As part of a national approach, new stronger regulation for businesses to manage the potential hazard when processing crystalline silica substances is now in effect (1 September 2024).
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Court orders $400,000 fine after a fatality at a sporting complex
A Queensland company has been ordered to pay a $400,000 fine and a conviction recorded against them after the death of a voluntary ground official when a scaffold tower fell on him at a Mitchelton Sports complex on the 25th July 2021.
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Safety a priority for the diving and snorkelling industry
The Queensland Government is updating the Safety in Recreational Water Activities Regulation (Regulation) and the Recreational Diving, Recreational Technical Diving and Snorkelling Code of Practice (Code of Practice) to maintain high safety standards for Queensland’s important snorkelling and diving industry.
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Workplace health and safety laws now apply to sex industry workers
Following the decriminalisation of sex work in Queensland, all sex workers and sex work businesses will be covered by work health and safety legislation. This improves sex workers’ rights, safety and working conditions.