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Married at First Sight was the subject of a SafeWork NSW investigation.

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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Patients banned by Victorian hospitals are being ejected by security guards, leaving them untreated and out on the street.

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.

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
The man was removed from a Qantas flight.

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
WHSQ regional director for North Queensland Paul Smith testifying in Cairns on Thursday

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
An artist impression of a memorial to workers killed at work to be installed at the corner of Russell Street and Victoria Street near RMIT.

$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
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The inquiry into the militant CFMEU continues in Brisbane.

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
Jos Mitchell lodged the claim on Thursday.

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
An investigation will take place.

‘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
Fume events are a known issue in the aviation sector.

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