National Safe Work Month 2025 Make safety: every job, every day a reality this October This year’s theme, safety: every job, every day , encourages all workplaces – regardless of occupation, industry, location, and size – to prioritise safety in their job …
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Week 4: Review controls Overview Controls are only effective at eliminating or minimising risks if they are working as planned, which is why reviewing control measures is an essential part of effective risk management – don’t wait until something goes …
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Week 3: Control risks Overview Controlling risks is the most important step in the risk management process, and it’s about the practical things you can do to eliminate the risks or minimise them as much as you can if elimination isn’t possible. This …
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Week 2: Assess risks Overview Once you’ve identified hazards, the next thing you need to do is assess the risks by considering what could happen if someone is exposed to a hazard, and how likely it is this could happen. A risk assessment can be as simple …
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Week 1: Identify hazards Overview Identifying hazards is the first step in the risk management process and involves finding things and situations that could potentially cause harm to people. Harm can be physical, psychological or both. Even if you’ve …
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Corporate publications
Corporate publications and resources Annual report The Safe Work Australia Annual Report is published to inform Parliament, ministers, governments and the community about our performance in delivering improvements to key work health and safety and …
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Corporate publications
Operational Plan 2025–26 Safe Work Australia 2025–26 Operational Plan Legislative context Safe Work Australia was established under the Safe Work Australia Act 2008 (Cth) (the SWA Act). In accordance with the SWA Act, this operational plan details the …
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Corporate publications
Corporate Plan 2025–2029 Safe Work Australia Corporate Plan 2025–2029 Safe Work Australia was established under the Safe Work Australia Act 2008 (Cth) (the SWA Act) and, as a non‑corporate Commonwealth entity, operates in accordance with the Public …
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Hazards Airborne contaminants Asbestos Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) Bullying Bushfire smoke in the workplace Carcinogens Chemicals Coal dust Concrete pumping COVID-19 Cranes Demolition Dermatitis Drugs and alcohol Electrical safety Elevating work platforms …
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