News

Independent medical examinations panel review

With the current Independent Medical Examinations (IME) panel arrangement ending on 30 June 2021, WorkCover will advertise for new IME panel members for 2021-2024 through an open tender which will start on 11 January 2021.

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.

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.

Redesigned WorkSafe.qld.gov.au website launched

The redesigned WorkSafe.qld.gov.au website launched on 8 October 2020.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Independent WHS Prosecutor secures $3M fine in first industrial manslaughter conviction

On 11 June 2020, in the Brisbane District Court, Australia’s first conviction and sentence for industrial manslaughter was handed down. The defendant, Brisbane Auto Recycling Pty Ltd, had on 3 April 2020 entered a guilty plea to one offence contrary to s34C of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 ("the Act").