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Companies responsible for fatal Wallan train crash fined $525,000 (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 1 year ago by zero_gravitas@aussie.zone to c/melbournetrains@aussie.zone

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[–] MisterD@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

And that is way cheaper than preventing it.

[–] MisterFrog@aussie.zone 2 points 4 months ago

Fines for negligence are far too low. The fine needs to be large enough to incentivise the bean counters to actually invest in safe operations. (Applies to all industries).

$525,000 is peanuts, can barely buy an apartment for that much