On 26 September 2025, a commercial tour company was sentenced in the Cairns Magistrates Court for breaching section 22 of the Safety in Recreational Water Activities Act 2011 (Qld) (‘the Act’). The defendant pleaded guilty to failing to comply with its primary health and safety duty, thereby exposing individuals to a risk of death or serious injury.

On 26 September 2025, a worker was sentenced in the Brisbane Magistrates Court for four offences of breaching section 180(3) of the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act (‘the Act’), having made an entry in a relevant document, knowing the entry to be false or misleading.

On 5 September 2025, a director of a chemical processing plant (‘the Company’) was sentenced in the Brisbane Magistrates Court for breaching section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) (‘the Act’), having failed, as an officer of the Company, to exercise due diligence to ensure that the Company complied with the primary duty of care it owed.

On 2 September 2025, a local government entity was sentenced in the Rockhampton Magistrates Court for breaching section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) (‘the Act’).

On 28 August 2025, a sugarcane farming corporation was sentenced in the Bundaberg Magistrates Court for breaching section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) (‘the Act’), having failed to comply with its primary health and safety duty.

On 25 August 2025, a fabrication company was sentenced in the Townsville Magistrates Court for breaching section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) ('the Act’), having failed to comply with its primary health and safety duty.

On 21 August 2025, a company was sentenced in the Mackay Magistrates Court for breaching section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (‘the Act’). The defendant pleaded guilty to failing to comply with its primary health and safety duty, thereby exposing workers to the risk of death or serious injury.

On 12 August 2025, a sole trader was fined $7,000 in the Hervey Bay Magistrates Court for two offences relating to electrical licencing. The defendant contracted for, and performed, electrical work while not the holder of an electrical contractor licence. The defendant also subcontracted his friend ‘A’ and instructed him to perform electrical work knowing that A had never held any type of electrical licence. The offending came to the attention of the investigators when A fell at the workplace and tragically succumbed to his injuries. There is no allegation that the defendant’s failures caused A’s death.

On 11 August 2025, a construction company was sentenced in the Southport Magistrates Court for breaching section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) (‘the Act’), having failed to comply with its duty to ensure its workplace was without risk to the health and safety of any person.

On 7 August 2025, a manufacturer and supplier of stamped metal was sentenced in the Beenleigh Magistrates Court for breaching section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) (‘the Act’), having failed to comply with its primary health and safety duty.