Faced with some fo the highest skin cancer rates in the world, the Australian sun protective clothing standard has been revised to include body coverage minimums. [ + ]

Safe Work Australia is running a bullying seminar for Safe Work Month this October. [ + ]

Twenty-three Victorian businesses, health and safety representatives and individuals have been nominated for their outstanding contributions to making workplaces safer and helping injured employees return to work. [ + ]

A worker who was struck in the head by a portable hydraulic jack in September has sustained serious injuries. [ + ]

Comprehensive mental health support resources for Western Australian workplaces will be developed as the consequence of a newly established partnership between the state government and the University of Western Australia. [ + ]

A fire at the Solveco Pty Ltd facility in St Marys has led to the company being fined $15,000. [ + ]

New Queensland laws will see greater penalties imposed on mine operators who do not keep their workers safe. [ + ]