Safe Work Australia publishes a range of guidance material to provide information on the model work health and safety laws and to assist compliance.
Fact sheets
General work health and safety laws fact sheets
Safe Work Australia has developed a series of work health and fact sheets to provide general guidance for persons conducting a business or undertaking.
Legislative fact sheets
A series of Legislative fact sheets have been developed to provide additional information to the public on the model Work Health and Safety Act.
Search Legislative fact sheet topics by alphabetical order.
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Interpretive Guidelines
A series of interpretive guidelines have been developed to assist in the interpretation of key concepts within the model Work Health and Safety Act. These guidelines can be downloaded below.
Download The meaning of ‘person conducting a business or undertaking’
Download The health and safety duty of an officer under section 27
Download The meaning of ‘reasonably practicable’
Guides
Worker Representation and Participation guide
The Worker Representation and Participation guide provides information on the representation and participation of workers in health and safety matters at the workplace, as well as guidance on resolving health and safety issues. It supports one of the objectives of the Work Health and Safety Act, which is to provide for fair and effective workplace representation, consultation, cooperation and issue resolution in relation to work health and safety.
Download the Worker Representation and Participation Guide