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Part one of a presentation Safe Work Australia’s CEO Michelle Baxter gave at the Singapore WSH Conference in 2018.

This is part one in a three-part series.

Michelle Baxter, CEO of Safe Work Australia speak about the Australian approach on work health and safety at the Singapore WSH conference 2018. Michelle has highlighted some key principles that underpin the Work Health and Safety Act in Australia. 

Safe Work Australia as a national policy agency produced the Australian Work Health and Safety Strategy 2012-2022, which sets out measurable targets for multiple state jurisdictions to adopt and implement with aim of achieving national harmonisation of work health and safety standards across Australia.

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