Media releases

New website provides WHS data at your fingertips

Image of the home page of the new data website
Media Release
Today, Safe Work Australia released a new interactive data website that allows users to explore…
Read more >

Protecting food delivery workers to make every ride a safe ride

Make every ride a safe ride
Media Release
All workers have the right to a healthy and safe working environment. Since 2019, tragically 10…
Read more >

New campaign to reduce workers’ compensation stigma

image with photos of everyday Australians in different professions
Media Release
Safe Work Australia has launched a new awareness campaign about stigma associated with workers’…
Read more >

Food Delivery Worker Safety Matters!

Media Release
Food delivery workers are at risk of physical and psychological harm at work. Safe Work Australia…
Read more >

Safe Work Australia opens public consultation on engineered stone ban

Prohibition on the use of engineered stone
Media Release
Quotes attributable to Safe Work Australia CEO Michelle Baxter: “I welcome the decision by WHS…
Read more >

New national strategy for safe and healthy work

decorative
Media Release
A new 10-year national strategy to reduce workplace fatalities, injuries, and illnesses in…
Read more >

Innovative study shows that the absence of workplace injury and illness would create a wealthier Australia

Media Release
Safe Work Australia commissioned Deloitte Access Economics to explore the cost of work-related…
Read more >

Make health and safety a priority at your workplace this October

Media Release
This National Safe Work Month, Safe Work Australia encourages all Australians to make health and…
Read more >

New model WHS Regulations and Code of Practice to help prevent psychological harm at work

psychological_health_code_social_tile_updat
Media Release
Preventing psychological harm is an essential part of creating a healthy and safe workplace.
Read more >

Public comment sought on options for managing workplace exposure to silica dust

Media Release
Safe Work Australia is seeking feedback on proposed policy options to manage the risks of exposure…
Read more >