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Australia Post's failure to provide a Northern Territory area supervisor with formal safety training has cost it $175,000 in costs and fines.

Employer fined for traffic management failure after fork death; and Queensland employers urged to retain WHSOs under harmonisation.

A Queensland worker's death was caused by his employer's failure to act on a previous incident and replace an absent supervisor, the Supreme Court has confirmed, in ordering the company to pay one of the State's "biggest ever" safety fines.

Two NSW employers that allowed standing on a moving conveyor to become a "routine process" have been fined a total of $200,000, after a worker suffered shocking leg injuries.

Workplace safety charges laid against construction giant Laing O'Rourke in the wake of Cyclone George have been dismissed, after the Western Australian Court of Appeal found a guilty verdict would have imposed a "plainly impracticable" duty on employers across Australia.

Employers warned after five Victorian and Queensland work deaths; Western Australian employers fined after untrained holiday worker loses leg; Employer fined for lack of fencing at asbestos site; and Safety and legislation news from around Australia.

Workers' comp fraudster jailed for at least 12 months; Comcare prosecuting Defence Force, again; WorkSafe WA to target mobile plant and conduct safety forums; and Tasmanian mine safety Code revoked.

Victoria's average premium rate to remain static; Employer fined for sloppy response to improvement notices; and New Tasmanian asbestos rules and transport guides released.

A NSW employer that failed to complete an OHS management plan - because its OHS and production managers were too busy - has been fined $160,000, after the OHS manager was killed in an incident involving an unsafe forklift.

Employers must not adopt a "narrow" view of the hazards they are obliged to address, a Queensland judge has ruled in upholding a safety fine issued after a teenage gymnast's death.