Safe Work Australia is seeking feedback on the operation of the engineered stone ban which came into effect on 1 July 2024 to help protect workers from exposure to respirable crystalline silica.
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Have you visited and explored Our data. Your stories. – our interactive data website? We want to hear from you!
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Safe Work Australia is seeking feedback on a proposal to reduce the Aluminium (welding fumes) workplace exposure standard (WES) from 5mg/m3 to 1mg/m3.
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Work Health and Safety (WHS) ministers have agreed to a range of recommendations to improve the incident notification provisions in the model WHS Act.
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National Safe Work Month is held annually in October to build community awareness and knowledge of work health and safety.
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Safe Work Australia has opened public consultation to seek feedback on the nature and extent of the issues surrounding the definition and requirements of competent persons for asbestos-related tasks.
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Safe Work Australia is seeking to understand whether non-threshold genotoxic carcinogens (NTGCs) are present in Australian workplaces, in what quantities, and for what purpose.
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Safe Work Australia is reminding all stakeholders that consultation on a prohibition on the use of engineered stone will close soon.
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Public submissions closed on 14 October 2011.
The zip file contains the documents and public submissions received during the consultation process.
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Public submissions closed on 28 September 2012.
The zip file contains the documents and public submissions received during the consultation process.
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