Law and regulation Safe Work Australia is a national policy body responsible for the development and evaluation of the model WHS laws (the model laws), which are comprised of: model WHS Act model WHS Regulations model Codes of Practice The model laws …
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Context - Australian Work Health and Safety Strategy 2023-2033 Introduction Context The Strategy The role of Safe Work Australia There are still too many injuries and illnesses arising from work. On average each year just under 200 workers are fatally …
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Campaign theme archive 2022 – Know safety, work safely The theme for 2022 was Know safety, work safely: Make safety at work your priority. We focused on a different health and safety area for each week of the month. Key resources from National Safe Work …
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SafeTea Archive … This page contains an archive of resources from previous years where a SafeTea event was held. …
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Resource hub … We have an extensive range of resources available to download for use during National Safe Work Month. This resource hub also contains an archive of resources from previous years of the …
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Contacts South Australia SafeWork SA SafeWork SA is responsible for providing work health and safety, public safety and state-based industrial relations services across South Australia. As a regulator, their inspectors ensure work health and safety and …
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Review of the model WHS laws Ministers responsible for WHS asked Safe Work Australia to review the content and operation of the model WHS laws in 2018. Safe Work Australia appointed independent reviewer, Ms Marie Boland, to conduct the Review. The Review …
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Freedom of information Under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) , you may access copies of documents held by the Australian Government and its agencies, unless the document is exempt in whole or in part under the FOI Act. Work health and safety …
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2021 World Day for Safety and Health at Work and Workers’ Memorial Day The day provides an opportunity to reflect on how to prevent work-related occupational diseases, deaths, injuries, and illnesses. It is also a day to remember those that have died from …
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History of the model WHS laws Safe Work Australia developed a single set of work health and safety laws (WHS laws) for jurisdictions to implement across Australia. These are known as ‘model’ laws. Each state and territory, and the Commonwealth, has its …