Safe Work Australia has awarded the Centre for Transformative Work Design at Curtin University a grant valued at $373,762.

Safe Work Australia has published the 2021 National Return to Work Survey Headline Measures Report.

The Research and Evaluation Strategy will guide our collaboration and conversations with colleagues across the WHS and workers’ compensation ecosystem to facilitate research that contributes to healthier, safer workplaces.

The Research and Evaluation Strategy will guide our collaboration and conversations with colleagues across the WHS and workers’ compensation ecosystem to facilitate research that contributes to healthier, safer workplaces.

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The Research and Evaluation Strategy will guide our collaboration and conversations with colleagues across the WHS and workers’ compensation ecosystem to facilitate research that contributes to healthier, safer workplaces.

Safe Work Australia has released its Research and Evaluation Strategy which outlines the goals and priorities guiding our national research agenda.

Safe Work Australia released its Research and Evaluation Strategy today, setting out a national research agenda to make workplaces safe and save lives.

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We’re keen to uncover the latest research innovations and to understand how experts are approaching research that might affect WHS and workers’ compensation systems.  

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Safe Work Australia’s research grant recipient, the Centre for Transformative Work Design at Curtin University, has completed their research to explore interventions to manage psychosocial risks in the aged care sector.

In March 2024 Safe Work Australia commissioned the Australian Industrial Transformation Institute, Flinders University to undertake a literature review on harmful behaviours in the workplace.

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This report examines the evidence of different approaches to early intervention in workers’ compensation in Australia and what works to reduce recovery times and improve return to work outcomes for injured workers.

This report provides evidence-based information about diseases and occupational exposures for consideration by jurisdictions when reviewing the deemed diseases lists in their workers’ compensation legislation.

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Safe Work Australia is pleased to announce a second release of industry and workers’ compensation data to the beta site https://data.safeworkaustralia.gov.au.

This snapshot presents findings about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on workers returning to work after an injury or illness.

The methodological report supports the 2021 National Return to Work summary report and details the methodology followed in the compilation of the 2021 National Return to Work Survey.

This summary presents highlights from the 2021 National Return to Work Survey including key metrics, insights and time series data. The summary also includes a section on COVID-19 and its impact on recovery and return to work.

Safe Work Australia has published the Review of the 2015

The List of Deemed Diseases in Australia was updated in April 2024 based on the findings of the

This report provides evidence-based information on a list of diseases and occupational ex

This report provides a summary of key measures from the 2021 National Return to Work Survey – the ‘returned to work rate’ and the ‘current return to work rate’.

Today’s society is increasingly focused on a 24/7 economy and the expectations on people to work at all hours of the day have increased. 

Dr Robert Long is an expert in social psychology. In this podcast he talks about the ‘social psychology of risk’ and what it offers the work health and safety industry. 

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Heat is a hazard that can cause heat-related illness and increase the risk of work-related injury.

Safe Work Australia has published a report on our progress in the first year the National Return to Work Strategy 2020-2030. 

Every year, quad bikes are a major cause of death and serious injury in rural workplaces. Many incidents involve rollovers. 

An electrical risk is something that can cause death, serious injury or shock. It can be direct or indirect contact. 

Workplace bullying is repeated, unreasonable behaviour directed at a worker (or group of workers).  

A random, population-based sample of 5,528 Australian workers participated in the Australian Work Exposure Study (AWES). Workers answered questions about the tasks they completed and the controls used at work.

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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a group of chemical compounds formed during the incomplete combustion of organic material.

The Australian Work Exposures Study (AWES) was a national survey conducted by the Western Australian Institute of Medical Research (WAIMR) in 2011–12 that investigated work-related exposures among Australian workers to 38 known or suspected carcinogens.

The Australian Work Exposures Study (AWES) was a national survey conducted by the Western Australian Institute of Medical Research (WAIMR) in 2011–12 that investigated work-related exposures among Australian workers to 38 known or suspected carcinogens.

This project was undertaken by Instinct and Reason Pty Ltd under commission from Safe Work Australia. The report describes the findings of a qualitative research study on the structural metal product manufacturing industry—an industry with a high rate of work-related injury and illness.