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Alleged workplace safety breaches linked to 45 COVID deaths; Employers charged and fined over fatalities

An employer could be fined millions of dollars, after being charged with nine workplace health and safety breaches that preceded a COVID-19 outbreak and 45 deaths. Meanwhile, a major defence contractor has been charged over a fatality, and a mining company has been fined over a death in an out-of-control vehicle.