A Victorian machine operator and business owner has been found guilty of workers compensation fraud, fined and sentenced to a 24-month community corrections order. [ + ]

LiftEx Regional will take place from 24–25 May in Sydney, as the first ever event for the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association in Australia and New Zealand. [ + ]

The Workplace Health and Safety Show has launched the Cleaning & Hygiene Zone, a precinct in the show that will focus on workplace hygiene and cleaning products. [ + ]

Employers have been urged to prioritise worker safety after an electricity meter contractor was fatally attacked by dogs while attending a residential address. [ + ]

Queensland employers have been advised to be aware of the risks of operating powered mobile plant at construction sites, after a worker was struck by an excavator bucket. [ + ]

A NSW company has been fined $180,000 after two workers were injured when they fell four metres from an excavator bucket at a construction site in 2019. [ + ]

WorkSafe Victoria has called for employers, workers and the self-employed to be aware of health and safety risks involved in work-related driving. [ + ]

The OzHelp Foundation has launched a program that builds on mental health and wellbeing foundations for industries in which workers are most at risk of suicide. [ + ]

Nominations have opened for the 2023 Work Health and Safety Excellence Awards in Western Australia. [ + ]

The decision to introduce stronger laws to protect workers exposed to silica dust has been welcomed by the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU). [ + ]

A transport company has been fined $75,000 after a worker suffered an electric shock when a mobile crane struck overhead powerlines at a construction site. [ + ]

The Australian Workers' Union has raised concerns about the unsafe and unhygienic working conditions on the Snowy Hydro 2.0 project after workers were served maggot-infested food. [ + ]

WorkSafe Victoria has called on all Victorians to prioritise health and safety in the workplace following the deaths of 61 workers in 2022. [ + ]

The Workplace Health & Safety Show will take place in Brisbane from 31 May–1 June and 20–21 September in Sydney. [ + ]

The Australian seafood industry has launched Sea Safe — a four-year program that aims to improve worker safety by driving culture improvement and change. [ + ]