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Our latest articles to help Queensland workers stay safe at work and make the best recovery after an accident.

A farmer in a work shirt and hat stands in the doorway of a machinery shed at sunrise beside a muddy side-by-side vehicle, with a windmill and a cattle dog behind her.

Australia's Most Dangerous Jobs, Ranked Three Ways: It Depends on What You Count

Why farming, transport and manufacturing each top a different list of dangerous jobs.
Katherine McCallum
November 9, 2026
November 9, 2026
Retail worker behind a counter holding up both hands to calm an angry customer, beside a sign reading abuse will not be tolerated

The Aggressive Customer Problem: How Abuse on the Shop Floor Became a Safety Issue in Queensland

Stay safe in retail. Learn how to handle aggressive customers with confidence and care.
Katherine McCallum
October 9, 2026
October 9, 2026
Customer shouting at a retail worker at a counter while shoppers queue, illustrating psychological safety at work

The Postcode Problem: Every Australian Workplace Now Owes You Psychological Safety, But What Happens Next Depends On Where You Work

Australia’s workplace mental health laws are changing fast. Here’ what the reforms mean.
Jason Monro, Special Counsel and Principal of Learning and Development at Smith's Lawyers
Jason Monro
September 2, 2026
September 2, 2026
Worker in hi-vis and dust mask cutting concrete beside rail tracks in a tunnel, illustrating silicosis risk for tunnel crews

Queensland Banned Engineered Stone. So Why Are Tunnel Workers Still Getting Silicosis?

Stone bans cut one silica source, but Queensland tunnel and mine workers still breathe it
Dylan Curran, Principal Lawyer at Smith's Lawyers
Dylan Curran
July 17, 2026
July 17, 2026
Injured Queensland construction worker with bandaged arm reading WorkCover paperwork in a site office

A Positive Drug Test Means You Lose Your Workers' Compensation? Not Automatically in Queensland

A failed drug test does not automatically void a Queensland comp claim.
Dylan Curran, Principal Lawyer at Smith's Lawyers
Dylan Curran
June 26, 2026
Dylan Curran
Dylan Curran
June 26, 2026
Split image showing a weathered site prohibition notice on chain-link fencing alongside a Queensland construction site with a yellow tower crane lifting materials and workers in hi-vis walking through the build zone.

The Construction Crackdown: Why Queensland's Building Sites Are Coming Under the Microscope

Queensland inspectors are targeting construction sites after recent worker fatalities
Greg Smith, Founder and Principal of Smith's Lawyers
Greg Smith
April 24, 2026
April 24, 2026
Australian workplace safety: mining hard hat in boardroom versus farmer's hat on outback fence post showing agriculture risk

Australia's Deadliest Industry at Work Isn't the One You'd Guess

Agriculture kills Australian workers at 13.7 per 100,000, yet prosecutions barely touch it.
Jason Monro, Special Counsel and Principal of Learning and Development at Smith's Lawyers
Jason Monro
April 17, 2026
April 17, 2026

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