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Media Statements - 2008

The following media statements have been released by the Department of Justice and Attorney-General and the former Department of Employment and Industrial Relations. Ministerial media statements are also listed. They are indicated by an asterisk.

Workplace Health and Safety
Electical Safety
Industrial Relations
Employment and Indigenous Initiatives

* Ministerial Media Statement
** Federal Government Media Statement

Workplace Health and Safety
Brisbane company fined $57,000 after worker crushed to death by falling steel beams	23 December 2008
Cairns roofer fined $8000 after apprentice falls from roof and ruptures spleen	19 December 2008
Townsville manufacturer fined $35,000 after wrist injury to worker	18 December 2008
Molendinar bakery fined $30,000 after worker injured by dough mixer	17 December 2008
*Take care of young Queenslanders starting first jobs	15 December 2008
Bus company fined $38,000 after worker has pelvis crushed at Upper Coomera	12 December 2008
Wynnum Court fines company $33,000 after worker hit by burst high-pressure hose	12 December 2008
Brisbane company fined $30,000 after worker loses eye in nail gun accident	10 December 2008
Concrete pumping company fined $20,000 after worker loses five fingers	8 December 2008
*Fatal busway accident to be fully investigated	1 December 2008
Brisbane diving company’s fine tripled on appeal	24 November 2008
Workplace representatives have stronger safety powers under new Queensland laws	20 November 2008
**Australian Government disaster recovery payment	18 November 2008
*National campaign aims to reduce loading and unloading injuries	14 November 2008
Sunshine Coast audits to help fruit and veg industry workers	10 November 2008
Cairns trainer fined $13,000 after worker's death	5 November 2008
Gold Coast plastering company fined $40,000 after worker falls 6M	5 November 2008
Coopers Plains company fined $32,000 over worker injury	31 October 2008
*New benefits for families of asbestos sufferers	29 October 2008
Gold Coast building company fined $50,000 after apprentice injured in fall	23 October 2008
Landsborough formwork company fined $35,000 after deck collapses	23 October 2008
Dr John Tickell to speak on Sunshine Coast for Safe Work Australia Week	21 October 2008
Professor Kerryn Phelps to Speak in Brisbane tomorrow for Safe Work Australia Week	20 October 2008
*Townsville gets behind Safe work Australia Week	17 October 2008
*Sunshine Coast takes leading role in Safe Work Australia Week	17 October 2008
*Central Queensland gets behind Safe Work Australia Week	17 October 2008
*Owen Bevan asks Gold Coast to play it safe in Safe Work Australia Week	17 October 2008
*South West Queensland gets behind Safe Work Australia Week	17 October 2008
*Far North Queensland gets behind Safe Work Australia Week	17 October 2008
*Brisbane gets behind Safe Work Australia Week	17 October 2008
Gold Coast company fined $40,000 after boy loses fingers	10 October 2008
$20,000 fine after worker falls into pit at Redcliffe waste transfer station	10 October 2008
Underwood furniture company fined $30,000 for injured worker	10 October 2008
*Come home safely is key message for Safe Work Australia Week	9 October 2008
*Wanted: Ambassadors to spread safety message at work	9 October 2008
*Rural industry encouraged to take part in Safe Work Australia Week	9 October 2008
*Regional Queensland to celebrate Safe Work Australia Week	9 October 2008
*Queensland to implement swing stage safety recommendations	25 September 2008
EkkA amusement rides undergo safety checks	5 August 2008
Narangba manufacturing company fined for safety failure	1 August 2008
Tingalpa business operator gets good behaviour bond for workplace safety breach	16 July 2008
Safety benefits all round from swingstage scaffold reference group	11 July 2008
Gold Coast truck repairer fined $35,000 after hydraulic jack mishap	8 July 2008
Company run by universities fined over workplace safety failure	8 July 2008
Cairns boat company fined $35,000 after worker injured	2 July 2008
Cairns construction firm fined $32,500 for faulty machinery	2 July 2008
*Pre-1992 paper occupational licences no longer valid	1 July 2008
*Minister calls on Wide Bay to ‘connect to safety’	30 June 2008
Engineering company fined $35,000 over work safety incident	26 June 2008
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland issues scaffold safety alert	24 June 2008
Beaudesert manufacturer fined $45,000 over workplace injury	19 June 2008
Hemmant transport company fined $12,500 over safety failure	19 June 2008
Workplaces should adopt zero harm@work	22 May 2008
Campaign for safe homecomings	22 May 2008
*Campaign calls on Queenslanders to value workplace safety	22 May 2008
Beenleigh company fined $40,000 over contractor injury	21 May 2008
Cleveland scaffolder fined $30,000 after collapse	21 May 2008
Innisfail company fined $40,000 over worker injury	21 May 2008
Cairns company fined $32,000 over diver's injury	21 May 2008
*Keep guard on unsafe machinery to avoid accidents	21 May 2008
Camp Hill builder fined $6000 over fall	20 May 2008
Companies fined over Toowoomba workplace injury	16 May 2008
*Queenslanders presented with national safety awards	30 April 2008
*2008 Queensland Work Safe Awards launched	28 April 2008
Mabuiag Island investigation result - statement by Director-General	24 April 2008
*Change your work licence details now	23 April 2008
*Industry grants for workplace safety in small businesses	17 April 2008
*Opposition reveals ignorance and misinformation	8 April 2008
*Queensland joins national campaign to improve safety in manufacturing	19 March 2008
*New action plans to help reduce workplace death and injury	5 March 2008
*Safety guides released for housing construction industry	12 February 2008
*Advice for staying safe during flood clean up	25 January 2008

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Electrical Safety
*Electrical safety vigilance urged to help ensure a safe Christmas	18 December 2008
Tarong energy fined $30,000 after electrician gets face, arm and body burns	16 December 2008
Nanango man prosecuted over electrical safety	9 December 2008
Energex fined over Robina electrical incident	9 December 2008
Electrical safety audits benefit consumers	1 October 2008
Unlicensed electrician gets suspended prison sentence	22 July 2008
*New electrical regulations take effect on 1 July	1 July 2008
Licensed electrical contractor fined for obstructing Electrical Safety Office investigator	25 June 2008
3-in-1 heaters recalled due to fire hazard	10 June 2008
Caravanners urged to double check electrical appliances this Easter	3 June 2008
Take care when turning on electric blankets this winter	22 April 2008
*Electrical safety and workplace risks from Queensland's floods	18 February 2008
Toowoomba electrical contractor fined for unlicensed work	11 February2008
*Electrical safety risks from Queensland’s floods	29 January 2008
*Electrical safety risks from Queensland’s floods	23 January 2008
*Look up and live – electrical safety in rural communities	14 January 2008

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Industrial Relations
*Arrangements as usual for Anzac Day falling on a Saturday in 2009	15 December 2008
*Take care of young Queenslanders starting first jobs	15 December 2008
Toowoomba employer fined over $38,000 wage arrears	15 December 2008
North Queensland audits to help fruit and vegetable industry workers	20 November 2008
Audits to help workers in state's south-west	18 November 2008
*$1 million recovered for Queensland workers	11 November 2008
Gold Coast security audits to pay dividends	10 November 2008
$15,000 recovered for Surfers Paradise workers	16 October 2008
Gold Coast security audits to pay dividends	7 October 2008
Sunshine Coast security audits to pay dividends	7 October 2008
Wages recovered for North Queensland Workers	26 September 2008
Wages recovered for Central Queensland and Wide Bay workers	26 September 2008
Time and wages onus is on employers	26 September 2008
$8000 recovered for nail clinic workers	26 September 2008
*Mandatory code of practice for outworkers	11 September 2008
$848,000 in wages recovered for south west workers	27 August 2008
Stanthorpe fruit and veg industry audit	20 August 2008
Warwick Function Centre fined over employee wages arrears	18 August 2008
Stair manufacturer hit with $9000 fines and wages bill	18 August 2008
Statewide fruit and veg audit to reap workers wages	22 July 2008
*Retailers urged to observe Anzac Day trading hours	21 April 2008
*Local government workers to get employment security	27 February 2008
*Opposition scare campaign targets council workers	27 February 2008
*Local government workers to get employment security	13 February 2008
*Queensland backs new plan for fair industrial relations system	25 January 2008

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Employment and Indigenous Initiatives
*$80 million investment in job seekers	4 June 2008

Last updated 22 July 2009