WorkSafe WA's 2025 Work Health and Safety Excellence Awards — finalists
15 September, 2025From 138 submissions, 42 finalists across five categories have been announced for WorkSafe WA's 2025 Work Health and Safety Excellence Awards.
Shift workers see fatigue as inevitable, face 'soldier through' culture
12 September, 2025A recent systemic review of 28 eligible studies involving 1519 participants explored shift workers' experiences of fatigue, healthy behaviours and sleep disturbance.
$540K fine for underground mining contractor after fatal rock fall
12 September, 2025A mining contractor has been fined $540,000 after a rock fall in a ventilation shaft of an underground goldmine that killed a driller and injured a probationary offsider.
Tradie resources available ahead of Thursday's R U OK?Day
08 September, 2025Ahead of R U OK?Day on 11 September, dedicated tradie resources are available — this year's message being 'Ask R U OK? Any Day'.
Could this VR headset hold the key to vocational recovery?
01 September, 2025Launched in Orange last week, a new virtual reality tool is designed to help young people into work after mental ill-health — all from inside a VR headset.
National Safe Work Month activity kit released
01 September, 2025Ahead of next month's National Safe Work Month, Safe Work Australia has released its activity kit, including ideas to implement the WHS risk management approach throughout October.
These are the five sectors Victoria will target over the next year
25 August, 2025Victoria has announced five sectors it will target over the next year, which account for almost 60% of work-related deaths and accepted workplace injury claims.
New NT WorkSafe Executive Director commences 25 August
18 August, 2025Grant Hastie has been appointed NT WorkSafe's new Executive Director, commencing 25 August.
NSW's second workers compensation reform bill attracts criticism
08 August, 2025The President of the Law Society of NSW, Jennifer Ball, has criticised the NSW Government's introduction to parliament of a second workers compensation reform bill.
Digging smarter: how AI is driving safety, sustainability and scale in mining
08 August, 2025 | Supplied by: Avanade Australia Pty LtdAI is no longer a futuristic add-on — it's becoming the engine room of safer, smarter and more sustainable mining practices.
NSW issues 506 notices in largest safety blitz in a decade
04 August, 2025Under its new Commissioner, standalone regulator SafeWork NSW has issued 506 notices for non-compliance in the state's largest compliance blitz in a decade.
Victoria awards over $1.7m to tackle occupational disease and illness
04 August, 2025Victoria has awarded over $1.7 million to six organisations to help tackle occupational diseases and illnesses — asbestosis and silicosis among these.
Modern Slavery Act consultation open until 1 September
04 August, 2025Until 1 September, businesses, experts and community members are encouraged to contribute views to strength the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth).
High potential incident sparks Queensland mine safety first
28 July, 2025A high potential incident at Anglo American's Moranbah North steelmaking coalmine sparked a recent "first ever" Queensland tripartite safety and health forum.
Safe Work Australia updates WHS prosecutions dashboard
21 July, 2025Safe Work Australia has updated the WHS prosecutions dashboard; it reflects the latest publicly available data from 2024 and shows a continued yearly prosecutions increase.
