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New roadmap for work health and safety and workers’ compensation research

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11 Jun 2025

Safe Work Australia released its Research and Evaluation Strategy today, setting out a national…

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Prioritising safety at work is everyone’s business

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01 Oct 2024

This National Safe Work Month, Safe Work Australia is encouraging all Australians to make safety…

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Key Work Health and Safety Statistics 2024 - Media Release

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17 Sep 2024

Australian workers continue to experience high rates of illness and injury from work, new data shows

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World-first engineered stone ban is now in effect to protect workers

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01 Jul 2024

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New report on psychological health in Australian workplaces

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27 Feb 2024

Safe Work Australia has published new information identifying trends in psychological health in…

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Engineered stone prohibition to make workplaces safer and healthier for all Australians

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13 Dec 2023

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Prohibition on the use of engineered stone - report published

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27 Oct 2023

Safe Work Australia has today published the

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For everyone’s safety, work safely this October 

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29 Sep 2023

Safe Work Australia encourages everyone to commit to building safe and healthy workplaces this…

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Still too many work-related fatalities and injuries

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28 Sep 2023

Safe Work Australia has today released the Key Work Health and Safety Statistics Australia 2023…

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New website provides WHS data at your fingertips

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24 Aug 2023

Today, Safe Work Australia released a new interactive data website that allows users to explore…

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