01 November 2013 |
Model Codes of Practice
If you’re a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU), this model Code of Practice provides practical guidance on how to effectively consult with workers about work health and safety and meet your duties under the work health and safety (WHS) Act…
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- Consultation
- Disease and illness
- Identify, assess and control hazards
- Law and regulation
- Leadership and culture
- Mental health
- Model WHS Laws
- Risk management
- Managing health and safety
Page last updated: 17 Aug 2022
01 January 2012 |
Guidance materials
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.
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- Consultation
- Identify, assess and control hazards
- Law and regulation
- Leadership and culture
- Managing health and safety
Page last updated: 14 Jun 2022
01 February 2010 |
Reports
While the use of asbestos has been banned in Australia since 2003, in the past there was widespread use of asbestos in buildings. Construction and maintenance workers may be more likely to be involved in work that can disturb asbestos.
This study was…
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- Asbestos
- Hazard surveillance research
- Occupational disease research
- Occupational lung disease
- Research and studies
- Safety by industry and business
- The work environment
- Workers
Page last updated: 23 Nov 2021
07 August 2020 |
Reports
The Monash Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health (MonCOEH) prepared this report, which:
outlines the current landscape of occupational lung diseases in Australia
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- Occupational disease research
- Occupational lung disease
Page last updated: 17 Nov 2021
19 March 2012 |
Reports
This report, the first from the occupational skin disease database, can be considered a preliminary description of the working population and substances associated with occupational skin disease in Australia.
It consists of an analysis of 18 years of…
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- Occupational disease research
Page last updated: 09 Nov 2021
28 June 2018 |
Statistical reports
This snapshot provides work health and safety insights into the industries identified as a priority in the Australian Work Health and Safety Strategy 2012-2022.
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- Australian WHS Strategy 2012-2022
- Disease and injury data by industry
- Fatalities by industry
- Statistics
- Public administration and safety
Page last updated: 09 Nov 2021
29 August 2016 |
Reports
Why has this research been done?
Two important aspects of safety climate are management safety empowerment and management safety justice, which are the perceived degree to which employers respectively empower their workers to influence aspects of their…
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- Leadership and culture
- Workplace culture research
- Research and studies
- The work environment
Page last updated: 09 Nov 2021
21 November 2013 |
Corporate publications
This guide explains how progress on the outcome reduced incidence of work-related death, injury and illness will be measured for the Australian Work Health and Safety Strategy 2012–2022.
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- Accountability and reporting
- Australian WHS Strategy 2012-2022
Page last updated: 09 Nov 2021
15 March 2017 |
Reports
WHS reporting needs to provide relevant, robust and timely information to inform decisions that influence ongoing business performance.
Poor WHS outcomes can have a detrimental impact on individuals and their families, on the financial, interpersonal…
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- Australian WHS Strategy 2012-2022
- Fatality statistics
- Statistics
- Workers' compensation
Page last updated: 09 Nov 2021
14 October 2015 |
Reports
This paper is one in a series of research papers on the role of accounting in work health and safety governance.
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Page last updated: 09 Nov 2021