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Updated table of costs for medical treatment - effective 1 December 2020
WorkCover Queensland has reviewed and updated the medical treatment table of costs applicable for workers' compensation in Queensland. The changes are effective 1 December 2020.
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Release of mental injury treatment guidelines
WorkCover Queensland is committed to facilitating best practice claims management and promoting positive outcomes for Queensland workers with injuries.
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NQ company fined $150,000 after worker crushed to death
At a recent hearing in the Cairns Magistrates Court, a North Queensland diesel mechanical repair and sugar cane harvesting business was fined $150,000 following an incident in 2017 when a worker was crushed to death trying to fix a cane haul-out vehicle.
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NQ employer fined $65,000 over death of backpacker from heat stress
A sole trader who used backpackers to pick produce in the Burdekin area has been fined $65,000 over the heat stress death of a worker.
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Redesigned WorkSafe.qld.gov.au website launched
The redesigned WorkSafe.qld.gov.au website launched on 8 October 2020.
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Ardent Leisure Limited fined $3.6m over Dreamworld fatalities
After pleading guilty, Ardent Leisure Limited has been sentenced in the Southport Magistrates Court in relation to Thunder River Rapids Ride tragedy at Dreamworld on 25 October 2016, where four people lost their lives.
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Outstanding primary school artwork featured in 2021 Farm Safety calendar
The creative works of a dozen Queensland primary school students from Prep through to Grade 6 will appear in the 2021 Farm Safety calendar following a competition run by Workplace Health and Safety Queensland.
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Blitz on unlicensed electrical work and bogus advertising
The Queensland Government is stepping up its blitz on unlicensed operators advertising through online marketplaces like AirTasker to do home electrical tasks illegally.
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Electricity Safety Week begins
Electricity Safety Week (7-11 September) is Queensland’s annual reminder that while electricity helps power up our everyday lives, it can also be deadly.
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Charges laid in Dreamworld referral
The independent Work Health and Safety Prosecutor, Mr Aaron Guilfoyle, has laid charges against Ardent Leisure Limited regarding the tragic incident at Dreamworld in October 2016 where four people lost their lives on the Thunder River Rapids Ride.
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Get ready to renew your policy from 1 July
If you employ workers in Queensland, it’s time to start preparing to renew your WorkCover Queensland accident insurance policy.
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Serious Resources Safety and Health Prosecutions now sit with WHS Prosecutor
From today, serious Resources Safety and Health (RSH) prosecutions will be referred to the independent Work Health and Safety (WHS) Prosecutor, Mr Aaron Guilfoyle.