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Dreamworld tragedy leads to tough moves in Queensland

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Queensland's amusement rides will be regularly inspected and Australia's first industrial-manslaughter laws introduced in response to last year's fatal accident at Dreamworld. Image: Dreamworld's reopening in December 2016 (AAP)


An overall review of the state's workplace health-and-safety laws has delivered critical findings, making 58 recommendations following 40 industrial deaths last year.

The proposed overhaul will include up to 20-year prison terms for company

executives and millions of dollars in fines for corporations in cases involving deaths

 


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