ABC News – Australia ·australia ·1 hour ago

Waste company fined $1.1m over 2014 double-fatal Adelaide truck crash

Cleanaway, Australia's largest waste management company, was fined $1.1 million on May 28, 2026, for workplace failures that caused a double-fatal truck crash near Adelaide on August 18, 2014. The penalty, largest ever under federal work health and safety laws, stemmed from inadequate driver training for an inexperienced truck operator. Thomas Spiess and Jacqueline Byrne died in the collision.

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