Queensland Government
Queensland rolls out road safety upgrades
Queensland will see $289.6 million inject into road safety upgrades in the next half of the financial year as part ...
Queensland budget provides reassurance to aggregates sector: CCAA
Cement Concrete & Aggregates Australia (CCAA) has acknowledged that the Queensland state budget’s focus on infrastructure will boost confidence in ...
QLD Government invests $27 million in recycling projects
The Queensland Government has pledged $27 million for recycling projects to divert rubbish sent to landfill, encouraging the creation ...
Queensland industrial manslaughter offences put into effect
Queensland’s hard-hitting mine and quarry safety laws have become active as of 1 July, with senior officers facing potentially more ...
Ambiguities identified in Queensland’s industrial manslaughter laws
A law expert has pointed out several ambiguities in language used in the Queensland Government’s new industrial manslaughter laws that ...
Negligent quarry executives to face 20 years’ prison under new legislation
To deter safety negligence in mines and quarries, the Queensland Parliament has passed new reforms that can sentence executives to ...
Health truck to provide lung checks to regional workers
Lung checks to Queensland’s former and present quarry and mine workers will be provided by a prime mover health truck ...
‘One-stop shop’ hotline to assist extractive workers
The Queensland Government has introduced a new mine dust health service hotline for current and former quarrying and mine ...
Industry expresses scepticism over industrial manslaughter legislation
Australia’s peak industrial body for the heavy construction materials industry has voiced serious reservations about a proposed industrial manslaughter offence ...
