Workplace safety
Greg made an insurance claim after a serious bike crash. Then a private investigator came calling
The insurance company rejected the cyclist’s claim but refused to delete personal information that the investigator collected from him.
- Madeleine Heffernan
Latest
Teacher Joanne Cabban identified as lion mauling victim at Queensland zoo
The woman, whose sister co-owns the zoo, was grabbed by her left arm while watching keepers clean the lions’ enclosure.
- Catherine Strohfeldt and Cameron Atfield
Sister-in-law visited lions ‘about 80 times’ before losing her arm
Darling Downs Zoo co-owner Steve Robinson confirms the victim of the lioness attack is his sister-in-law, a teacher with 20 years’ experience with the lions.
- Cameron Atfield and Brittney Deguara
Worker dies at central Queensland wind farm
Police deemed the 27-year-old man’s death as non-suspicious, with management halting operations and providing support for staff as investigations began.
- Catherine Strohfeldt
- Exclusive
- Investigations
‘You and your phone!’ Video, staff expose ‘unhinged’ Pietro Barbagallo
The celebrated Kaprica chef has been accused of indecent exposure, violent behaviour, bullying and financial mismanagement across his restaurants.
- Charlotte Grieve
‘I love Chris Minns’: Premier gets rock-star treatment in usually hostile territory
Minns has warned the state’s workers’ compensation scheme will not exist in five to 10 years without reform. Previously, he said it would be gone in two.
- Max Maddison and Ellie Busby
- Opinion
- Illness
Got a cough coming on? Don’t soldier on. For heaven’s sake, march homewards
Based on the cavalier public behaviour I’ve witnessed recently, I fear we’ve forgotten the hard-won lessons of COVID.
- Julie Power
‘Expedited process’ on the table but major cuts still loom for workers’ comp
The NSW Labor government will introduce new laws to parliament on Tuesday in the face of fierce resistance from unions, medical experts and lawyers.
- Alexandra Smith and Penry Buckley
‘They’re not taking the concerns of women seriously’: Brittany Higgins slams Crisafulli government
Sexual assault victims advocate Higgins takes aim at Queensland for delaying changes to workplace safety laws.
- Cloe Read and Sean Parnell
He’s a rude fellow, and he swears. But was ‘fat dumb blonde’ too far?
Suspended councillor Andrew Thaler argues he should be allowed to represent his constituents, and “Sydney is not going to boss them around”.
- Jordan Baker
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