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Filmed in the shower, non-consensual touching: MAFS allegations revealed
SafeWork NSW investigated allegations of “violence and aggression” by both crew and grooms on the hit reality show before production was ordered to improve management of psychosocial hazards.
- Jessica McSweeney
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Booted from hospital and dumped on the street: Patients on secret blacklist being refused treatment
Public hospitals are using exclusion notices to ban aggressive patients, which paramedics argue puts them and patients at risk.
- Grant McArthur, Kieran Rooney and Henrietta Cook
Jess Wilson’s forklift foray sparks safety investigation
The unlikely furore around the opposition leader’s forklift driving skills has led to a WorkSafe probe.
- Fiona Byrne
Qantas passenger taken off international flight after allegedly biting flight attendant
A TV personality posted an Instagram video appearing to show the intoxicated man stumbling and arguing on the Melbourne to Dallas flight.
- Clare Sibthorpe
Safety director admits misleading Brisbane bosses to avoid CFMEU
A regional WHSQ boss has admitted being “dishonest” with Brisbane superiors to protect Far North inspectors from the CFMEU, which he likened to the mafia.
- Cameron Atfield
$2.5m taxpayer-funded memorial to killed workers labelled a missed opportunity
The five-metre tall, eight-metre wide stone structure will sit at one of the CBD’s busiest intersections, honouring people who have lost their lives at work.
- Rachael Ward
Cairns workplace safety officers claim Brisbane bosses did CFMEU’s bidding
Inspectors in Cairns were bullied by Brisbane superiors into prioritising minor union complaints over life-threatening safety risks, the union inquiry has heard.
- Cameron Atfield
Mayor to take six weeks’ leave from council plagued by infighting
Earlier this year the mayor of the south-east Queensland council racked by bitter political division was taken to hospital after collapsing at work.
- Julius Dennis
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‘What the hell is going on?’ The NSW watchdog that has found itself under investigation
The state’s top public servant has launched an urgent inquiry into the management of the Greyhound Welfare and Integrity Commission amid allegations of a toxic workplace culture.
- Jessica McSweeney
Danger in the air: Fume events haunt flight crew
Flight attendants, pilots, even passengers have been affected by neurotoxins in the air supply of commercial jet aircraft. They’re calling for change.
- Chris Zappone