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Unlicensed electrical contractor fined $16,000
Using Facebook to advertise an air-conditioning installation business over the summer of 2018/19 may have been the undoing for an unlicensed electrician who was recently fined $16,000 in the Brisbane Magistrates Court.
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$5m medical research grant for dust lung disease
The Queensland Government is continuing its nation-leading response for workers with occupational dust lung disease, particularly those with coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (CWP) and silicosis, by offering a $5 million medical research grant over four years from 2021 to 2023.
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Watch our new film Jason Daniels’ story – surviving an electric shock from overhead powerlines
Jason was only 17 years old when the grain auger he was moving contacted overhead powerlines and he received a serious electric shock.
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Media release
Disgraceful disregard for safety in asbestos work safety fine
A house painter’s failure to protect his workers and the public from asbestos has been labelled disgraceful by a Brisbane magistrate.