Comparative Performance Monitoring

The Comparative Monitoring Project produces two Reports.

Comparative Performance Monitoring Reports (CPM) A comparison of occupational health and safety and workers’ compensation schemes in Australia and New Zealand. This report is produced annually.
The Comparison of Occupational Health and Safety Arrangements in Australia and New Zealand

The Comparison of Occupational Health and Safety Arrangements in Australia and New Zealand is produced every two years. The Fifth Edition compares OHS arrangements as at 1 July 2008. A number of regulatory changes have occurred since, for example Queensland’s new OHS Regulation, or are planned, for example the ACT’s new Work Safety Act 2008. This report is a companion report to the Comparative Performance Monitoring (CPM) report.

Previous reports can be found on the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations website.

In 1997, the Australian Ministers responsible for workplace health and safety established the Comparative Performance Monitoring (CPM) project. The project has the following Statement of Purpose:

Provide measurable information to support policy making and program development by Governments on work health and safety and workers’ compensation, to meet the goal of Australian and New Zealand workplaces free from injury and disease and to enable durable return to work and rehabilitation for injured and ill workers. The information should provide:

(a) measurement of progress against national strategies

(b) identification of factors contributing to improved work health and safety and workers’ compensation performance (which includes consideration of resources), and

(c) measurement of changes in work health and safety and workers’ compensation over time, including benchmarking where appropriate.