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National Safe Work Month runs in October each year and we ask workers and employers across Australia to commit to safe and healthy workplaces for all Australians.

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This National Safe Work Month, Safe Work Australia asked workplaces across the country to make health and safety a permanent part of their workplace culture.
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A workplace hazard is anything in the design or management of work that has the potential to cause injury to a person or persons.

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Safe Work Australia has released the 2026 National Safe Work Month campaign kit, giving workplaces across

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Use this campaign kit to help raise awareness of National Safe Work Month in your workplace and encourage everyone to get involved.

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Use our social media tiles to show your support for National Safe Work Month on your social media channels. You can also create your own social media tile using our Canva template

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Use our social media tiles to show your support for National Safe Work Month on your social media channels. You can also create your own social media tile using our Canva template

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This poster can be used to promote the focus of week 4 of National Safe Work Month 2026.

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This poster can be used to promote the focus of week 3 of National Safe Work Month 2026.

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This poster can be used to promote the focus of week 2 of National Safe Work Month 2026. 

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This poster can be used to promote the focus of week 1 of National Safe Work Month 2026. 

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Use this poster to promote National Safe Work Month for organisations working in the agriculture/construction/healthcare/manufacturing/road transport industry. You can also make a version of this poster for your own workplace or industry using our Canva templates:

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Use this poster to promote National Safe Work Month for organisations working in the manufacturing industry. You can also make a version of this poster for your own workplace or industry using our Canva templates:

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Use this poster to promote National Safe Work Month for organisations working in the healthcare industry. You can also make a version of this poster for your own workplace or industry using our Canva templates:

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Use this poster to promote National Safe Work Month for organisations working in the construction industry. You can also make a version of this poster for your own workplace or industry using our Canva templates:

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Use this poster to promote National Safe Work Month for organisations working in the agriculture industry. You can also make a version of this poster for your own workplace or industry using our Canva templates:

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Use our posters to promote National Safe Work month in your workplace. You can also access our Canva templates to create your own version of these posters:

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Use our posters to promote National Safe Work month in your workplace. You can also access our Canva templates to create your own version of these posters:

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Use our posters to promote National Safe Work month in your workplace. You can also access our Canva templates to create your own version of these posters:

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Add this banner to your email signature to help promote National Safe Work Month with every email you send!

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These digital displays can be used as desktop wallpapers, video call backgrounds and digital signage to promote National Safe Work Month. You can also customise your own digital display for National Safe Work month using our Canva template.

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These digital displays can be used as desktop wallpapers, video call backgrounds and digital signage to promote National Safe Work Month. You can also customise your own digital display for National Safe Work month using our Canva template.

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These digital displays can be used as desktop wallpapers, video call backgrounds and digital signage to promote National Safe Work Month. You can also customise your own digital display for National Safe Work month using our Canva template.

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These digital displays can be used as desktop wallpapers, video call backgrounds and digital signage to promote National Safe Work Month. You can also customise your own digital display for National Safe Work month using our Canva template.

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These digital displays can be used as desktop wallpapers, video call backgrounds and digital signage to promote National Safe Work Month. You can also customise your own digital display for National Safe Work month using our Canva template.

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Use our National Safe Work Month colouring in sheets to engage people of ages about the importance of safe and healthy work. 

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Use our National Safe Work Month colouring in sheets to engage people of ages about the importance of safe and healthy work. 

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Use our National Safe Work Month colouring in sheets to engage people of ages about the importance of safe and healthy work. 

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Use this activity sheet during National Safe Work Month to reflect on what matters most by writing or drawing who and what you are working safely for, and start meaningful safety conversations in your workplace.

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This zipped file includes both the National Safe Work Month logo and the Safe work is for life logo in various formats, including EPS, PNG and SVG. 

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Safe Work Australia is pleased to announce the theme for National Safe Work Month 2026: Safe work is for life.  

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Thank you for supporting the 2025 National Safe Work Month campaign and helping to make our theme, safety: every job, every day a reality!

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It’s the final week of National Safe Work Month, and as we near the end of our review of the risk managemen

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This week marks week 3 of National Safe Work Month, and to help you practice safety: every job, every day w

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It’s week 2 of National Safe Work Month, and to help you practice safety: every job, every day we’re steppi

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National Safe Work Month is here – a time for workplaces across Australia to put WHS in the spotlight and p

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Next week marks the start of National Safe Work Month – Safe Work Australia’s annual public awareness campaign, a time for employers and workers across Australia to commit to creating safe and healthy workplaces.

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October is National Safe Work Month, a time for employers and workers across Australia to commit to creatin

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This National Safe Work Month, we’re encouraging every workplace to practice safety: every job, every day.

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This zip file contains our 2025 theme logo, Safety: every job, every day, in a range of formats for non-commercial use as part of your National Safe Work Month activities. 

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Use our talking points at your SafeTea event this National Safe Work Month to start a discussion on WHS. 

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Use our SafeTea posters this National Safe Work Month to spread the word and make safety: every job, every day a reality in October and beyond.

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Use our SafeTea posters this National Safe Work Month to spread the word and make safety: every job, every day a reality in October and beyond. 

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Set a date and spread the word with our SafeTea event poster to help get everyone together to talk about safety: every job, every day this National Safe Work Month. 

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