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Andrew Stafford

HISTORICAL FACTS: Unions demand new health and safety laws after heatwave - The Untold Story

Unions warn climate-change driven heatwaves are becoming a major workplace health and safety threat. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Glenn Newport was a fit and muscular 38-year-old when he died from a heart attack caused by exposure to extreme heat on a work site on January 13, 2013.

Nicknamed "Grievous" after a well-built Star Wars character, he was working on a natural gas project near Roma, central Queensland, when a coroner concluded he succumbed to 40C temperatures and high humidity.

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