Simon Phillips

Hardware store operator fined for failing to protect workers from a serious risk of fall. On 16 August 2022, a hardware store company and its sole director were sentenced in…

NEW Industrial Manslaughter Laws for Queensland Mines & Resources Sector – commenced 1 July 2020. Due to  a serious increase of mine fatalities at Queensland Mines, including the deaths of…

The design and construction of Dreamworld’s Thunder River Rapids ride posed a “significant risk” to patrons’ safety and the park’s systems were “frighteningly unsophisticated”, a coroner has found. Dreamworld had…

On Thursday 22 August 2019, the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2019 was introduced to Queensland Parliament. The Bill proposes enhancements to the claims management process…

The Palaszczuk Government has announced the appointment of Aaron Guilfoyle as Queensland’s first independent Work Health and Safety Prosecutor. Industrial Relations Minister Grace Grace said Mr Guilfoyle would lead a…

What are the major operations on the horizon for the industry? In the wake of the mining downturn, the Australian mining industry has recovered to re-affirm its place as a…

Western Australia’s mining industry has continued to thrive off record commodity sales and prices, reporting a boost in employment numbers that reached unseen levels. The figures for the 2018-2019 period…

Australia’s mining industry will require around 21,000 new onsite operational employees by 2024 in order to meet the demand for mining projects according to the 2019-2024 Mining Workforce report released…

The Carmichael coal mine is an approved thermal coal mine in the north of the Galilee Basin in Central Queensland, Australia approximately 160km North West of Clermont. Mining is planned…

Queensland Government has given the green light to the Carmichael Mine which will set a precedent for six other mines also planned for the region and allow Adani to break…

Adani’s Carmichael Mine, located in the Galillee Basin, located 160km North West of Clermont, has passed its final environmental approval and can now begin work on its Carmichael mine in…

The manager of a quarry where a worker was crushed to death on-site in central Queensland has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for safety breaches Sean Scovell, 21,…

Work-related traumatic injury fatalities – Australia 2003-2016. The work-related traumatic injury fatalities data provides statistics about people who die each year from injuries caused by work-related activity. It includes fatalities…

Cameby Downs Mine has been given the state government approval to increase its production from 2.8 million tonnes a year to 3.5 million. The Yancoal mine is an open-cut thermal coal…

The Queensland Government has approved Pembroke Resources’ $1 billion Olive Downs metallurgical coal project 40 kilometres south-east of Moranbah in the Bowen Basin. Construction of the project is expected to…

In December 2018, a worker died when he was crushed by a steel pipe which fell off the back of a truck. The worker and two others were unloading two…

The Queensland Major Contractors Association, Construction Skills Queensland and the Infrastructure Association of Queensland have compiled the Qld Major Projects Pipeline 2018 Report. This 87 page report identifies the Major…

Obligation holder: Central Highlands Regional Council (CHRC) Date accepted: 22 January 2018 Incident: On 3 December 2014, workers employed by a sub-contractor engaged by Central Highlands Regional Council (CHRC) were…

An enforceable undertaking (EU) operates as an alternative to a court imposed sanction for an alleged contravention of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011, Safety in Recreational Water Activities…

  Date 30 July 2018 Charges Charge 1 – Section 533 Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (WCRA) – Fraud Charge 2 – Section 136 WCRA – failure to notify…