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Return to Gore: If little Lachie didn't drown, how did he die?

Did a little Southland boy really fall into a pond and drown? In this Newsroom Investigates exclusive, “drowning as a cause of death” has been thrown into doubt by a forensic team engaged to review the original post mortem

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New agreement needed to avoid repeat 'unfortunate' Assembly breach

This could prevent another "unfortunate" breach of parliamentary privilege, a committee has said.

The Canberra Times

Courier firm ordered to make driving safe

Arab Emirates-owned courier company Aramex is again in the gun over worker health and safety, writes Rebecca Macfie.

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Fortescue Metals Group agrees to hand over sexual harassment documents to WorkSafe but will redact names

The mining giant says it will hand over documents that detail allegations of sexual harassment to WorkSafe, but will remove the names of the employees involved.

ABC News

Fortescue backs down in mines harassment stoush

Mining giant Fortescue Metals Group says it will provide documents relating to an investigation into alleged sexual harassment cases at its mine sites.

AAP

Fortescue Metals Group defends not handing documents on alleged sexual harassment to WorkSafe, despite charges

Fortescue Metals Group says WA's safety regulator has no legal basis to ask for documents relating to sexual harassment at three of its mine sites, and it will not be pushed into releasing the private information of staff.

ABC News

Immigrant Detention Center Operator Faces Fines, Lawsuit Over Working Conditions

California has fined GEO Group over $100,000 for

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Fortescue Metals Group charged for failing to supply documents relating to alleged sexual harassment cases

The WA watchdog has charged the mining giant with 34 counts of failing to disclose documentation over alleged harassment on its mine sites.

ABC News

Mining giant faces charges over harassment documents

Western Australia's workplace safety regulator is prosecuting Fortescue Metal Group for allegedly failing to provide documents relating to harassment cases.

AAP

Report showed WorkSafe at 'tipping point'

A recently released report shows Victoria's WorkSafe compensation scheme was at a "tipping point" in 2020 and on an unsustainable trajectory.

AAP

Hay exporter charged over Vic worker death

WorkSafe has charged a hay exporter after a worker was killed by machinery at a site in northern Victoria.

AAP

Energy Australia pleads guilty after death of Yallourn power station worker Graeme Edwards

The County Court heard Graeme Edwards' death while performing maintenance at the Yallourn power station was avoidable and preventable.

ABC News

St Basil's managers lose fight against giving evidence at inquest into COVID aged-care deaths

The managers of a Greek nursing home at the centre of Australia's worst COVID-19 outbreak will be forced to give evidence at a coronial inquest after losing an appeal in Victoria's highest court.

ABC News

WA worker has seven fingers amputated

A Perth company has been fined over an incident which resulted in a young worker having seven fingers amputated.

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As WorkSafe continues to punish asbestos negligence, this Melbourne family is left mourning a 'senseless death'

As WorkSafe Victoria punishes more businesses for mismanaging asbestos, the family of a man who died from mesothelioma is calling for employers to "do the right thing".

AAP

Manager raised Vic hotel safety concerns

A manager of a security firm has told a Melbourne court it didn't make sense for guards to deal directly with quarantined travellers.

Daily Mirror

Woman struck by high-speed rollercoaster wakes up after spending two months in a coma

Shylah Rodden, 26, was put in a medically-induced coma after sustaining brain damage and serious injuries all over her body when she was hit by a 43mph rollercoaster at the Royal Melbourne Show on Septmeber 25

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Vic hotel guards 'confused' over rules

Instructions on how and when to wear protective equipment varied between Victoria's quarantine hotels, a Melbourne court has been told.

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Vic guards 'skipped through' COVID course

Guards pretended to read through an online COVID-19 training module before starting work at Victoria's hotel quarantine system, a Melbourne court has been told.

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Victorian Health Department facing $95 million fine over alleged hotel quarantine failures

A hearing to determine if Victoria's health department will face trial over alleged hotel quarantine failures is set to begin.

AAP

Security firm provided PPE to hotel guards

A hearing has begun for Victoria's health department over allegations it failed to protect health and safety in connection with hotel quarantine.

The Canberra Times

'We will not be influenced': WorkSafe boss denies minister pressured watchdog to issue stop-work notice

An inquiry is determining whether the notice breached parliamentary privilege.

The Canberra Times

'Nothing changes': Calwell High safety concerns linger amid recruitment drive

At least a dozen extra staff have been hired since WorkSafe intervened at Calwell High.

ABC News

WorkSafe investigating quad bike involvement in Western Australian farm death

Worksafe is investigating the death of a 35-year-old woman on a farm near Collie after she was reportedly thrown from a quad bike while rounding up cattle.

AAP

Man dies in Perth workplace accident

WorkSafe WA is investigating the death of a 50-year-old man in a work accident at a transport company in the Perth suburb of Bibra Lake.

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