Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. At the time, Ebony was just 12. “It has accepted responsibility for this tragedy and has taken substantive steps to improve safety across the whole of the park.”.

NSW has recorded two new coronavirus cases, both returned travellers. "Ebony had survived the accident and was hysterical trying to tell of the events that had taken place that afternoon," Ms Dorsett told the court. * It unveiled a litany of problems and was heavily critical of Dreamworld's training systems. Work Health and Safety prosecutor Aaron Guilfoyle recommended Magistrate Pamela Dowse heavily penalise Ardent Leisure, and that a conviction be recorded. Dreamworld parent company fined millions, airlines funding to boost tourism 9News Latest News 2020. The operator of Australia's Dreamworld theme park has been fined A$3.6m (£2m; $2.5m) over the deaths of four people on a malfunctioning water ride. The mother of two of the Thunder River Rapids ride victims has revealed the chilling words that will haunt her 'until the day she dies' as Dreamworld's parent company Ardent fined $3.6million The parent company of Dreamworld, Ardent Leisure, has a month to pay a $3.6m fine over the deaths of four people on the Thunder River Rapids ride in 2016. admitted breaching the Work Health and Safety Act, water level safety sensor which could have prevented the accident, failed to provide information, training, instruction or supervision. Watch; Dreamworld parent company fined millions, airlines funding to boost tourism . * On July 21, 2020, Ardent Leisure was charged and pleaded guilty to three counts of failing to comply with health and safety legislation, and exposing individuals to a risk of serious injury or death.

Queensland's independent Work Health and Safety Prosecutor, Aaron Guilfoyle, has charged Dreamworld's parent company Ardent Leisure with three counts of Failure to Comply with Health and Safety Duty, Category 2, under the Queensland Health and Safety Act. "Ardent also apologises to all those who have been so deeply impacted by this tragedy: first responders, bystanders, Queensland police and ambulance services, Dreamworld staff and many other people involved who have been affected," Mr Hodgkinson told the court. Ardent Leisure admitted breaching the Work Health and Safety Act and exposing individuals to a risk of serious injury or death.

"In addition to working with the regulator, Dreamworld has consulted extensively with industry and broad experience, both in the theme park industry and in the aviation, mining and oil and gas industries," Mr Hodgkinson said. Dreamworld's parent company Ardent Leisure has been fined A$3.6 million (NZ$3.8 million) over the deaths of four people in 2016.

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Mix. "Ardent apologises for the terrible tragedy which occurred," Mr Hodgkinson told the court.

'I just wanted to wrap them in a blanket.'. In February, Coroner James McDougall referred Ardent Leisure to the Office of Industrial Relations, saying there was a 'systemic failure' at Dreamworld in all aspects of safety.

Visitors Cindy Low, Kate Goodchild, Luke Dorsett and Roozi Araghi were on the Thunder River Rapids Ride at the Queensland attraction …

The inquest also found there had been no thorough engineering risk assessment of the Thunder River Rapids in the 30 years it was open to the public. Ardent Leisure pleaded guilty over 2016 Gold Coast tragedy, in which Cindy Low, Kate Goodchild, Luke Dorsett and Roozi Araghi were killed Last modified on Sun 27 Sep 2020 23.29 EDT Dreamworld… “Complete and blind trust [was] placed in the defendant by every person who rode the Thunder River Rapids ride and those guests were extremely vulnerable,” Dowse said. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy.

In July, Ardent Leisure appeared briefly in the Southport Magistrates Court and pleaded guilty to all three charges. Workplace Health and Safety said Ardent Leisure failed to provide and maintain safe plant and structures and systems of work at the Gold Coast theme park. He outlined a litany of failures to adequately ensure the ride was operated safely including poor maintenance and inadequate shutdown procedures.