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Agencies subject to the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 are required to make publicly available records of the legal services expenditure each year. 

 

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Statistics from 2000–01 to 2016–17 for each state or territory.
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Safe Work Australia Application Coversheet
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This document is an indexed list of Safe Work Australia's files from 1 January 2019 to 30 June 2019.
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A national strategy to drive and leverage national action to improve return to work outcomes for workers with a work-related injury or illness.
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Category 4 documents released under FOI request: 19-006.
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Schedule of documents released under FOI request: 19-005.
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The Safe Work Australia Operational Plan describes the activities to be undertaken in performing our statutory functions during 2024-2025.

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Agencies subject to the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 are required to make publicly available records of the legal services expenditure each year. 

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Table of documents released by Safe Work Australia under the Freedom of Information Act. Our ref: 18-007.

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Table of documents released by Safe Work Australia under the Freedom of Information Act. Our ref: 18-005.

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The review examined how the Strategy is being used, progress against the Strategy’s targets, and what areas of work health and safety require greater attention to achieve the Strategy’s vision.
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Agencies subject to the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 are required to make publicly available records of the legal services expenditure each year. 

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Table of documents released by Safe Work Australia under the Freedom of Information Act. Our ref: 17-004.

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Agriculture is a high priority industry under the 

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This guide explains how progress on the outcome reduced incidence of work-related death, injury and illness will be measured for the

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It promotes a collaborative approach between the Commonwealth, state and territory governments, industry and unions and other organisations to achieve the vision of healthy, safe and productive working lives.

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Agencies subject to the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 are required to make publicly available records of the legal services expenditure each year. 

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Agencies subject to the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 are required to make publicly available records of the legal services expenditure each year. 

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Agencies subject to the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 are required to make publicly available records of the legal services expenditure each year. 

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Agencies subject to the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 are required to make publicly available records of the legal services expenditure each year. 

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Safe Work Australia is subject to the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 1982 and is required to have an information publication scheme agency plan under s 8(1) of the FOI Act.

The plan:

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Table of documents released by Safe Work Australia under Freedom of Information Act. Our ref: 12-003.

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Table of documents released by Save Work Australia under Freedom of Information Act. Our ref: 12-005.

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Table of documents released by Safe Work Australia under the Freedom of Information Act. Our ref: 13-006.

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Table of documents released by Safe Work Australia under the Freedom of Information Act. Our ref: 13-005.

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Table of documents released by Safe Work Australia under the Freedom of Information Act. Our ref: 13-004.

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Table of documents released by Safe Work Australia under the Freedom of Information Act. Our ref: 12-007.

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Table of documents released by Safe Work Australia under the Freedom of Information Act. Our ref: 12-006.

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Table of documents released by Safe Work Australia under the Freedom of Information Act. Our Ref: 11-006

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Table of documents released by Safe Work Australia under the Freedom of Information Act. Our ref: 16-001.

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Table of documents released by Safe Work Australia under the Freedom of Information Act. Our Ref: 15-001 

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Table of documents released by Safe Work Australia under the Freedom of Information Act. Our ref: 13-001.

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These additional estimates statements were submitted in support of the 2009-10 Additional Estimates for the Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Portfolio.

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