Queensland's workplace health and safety laws will undergo an audit in the wake of this week's Dreamworld tragedy.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced the audit during an address to party faithful at the ALP state conference on the Gold Coast.
The audit will look at introducing a new offence of gross negligence causing death as well as increasing existing penalties for workplace-related deaths and injuries.
Ms Palaszczuk said the audit was needed in response to Tuesday's death of four tourists at the Gold Coast theme park as well as the recent death of two workers at an Eagle Farm worksite.
"It is simply not enough for us to be compliant with our current laws, we need to be sure our laws keep pace with international research and new technologies," Ms Palaszczuk told conference delegates.
"The audit will also consider whether existing penalties are sufficient to act as deterrents and whether these should be strengthened to contain provisions relating to gross negligence causing death."
Currently the maximum penalty under the workplace health and safety laws in Queensland is five years imprisonment with monetary penalties of up to $3 million for corporations, $600,000 for individual officers and $300,000 for other persons.
Fund for Dreamworld victim's family grows
A fund set up to assist the partner and two children of Dreamworld theme park victim Kate Goodchild has topped $31,000.
Ms Goodchild, her brother Luke Dorsett, his partner Roozi Araghi and Sydney woman Cindy Low died when the raft they were travelling in flipped on the Thunder River Rapids ride on Tuesday.
Long-time family friend Sandra Brookfield started an online funding page for the Goodchilds with the approval of Kate's mother Kim Dorset.
Late on Friday, the mycause.com.au fund had reached $31,191.
The funds will be immediately accessible to the family who have so far only been offered counselling and funds for funerals from Dreamworld, according to Ms Brookfield.
"Luke and Kate are going home tomorrow back to Canberra and we are looking at a date later next week for Luke and Kate's funeral," she said.
Dreamworld won't reopen before funerals have been held for the four people killed.
Chief executive Craig Davidson announced on Friday the parent company's CEO Deborah Thomas had ordered the park remain closed until at least that time.
