WorkSafe ACT Strategic Summit prioritises worker safety
07 August, 2020The WorkSafe ACT Strategic Summit addressed safety at residential construction sites and WorkSafe ACT's strategic focus over the next four years.
Evidence-based program boosts resources sector mental health
03 August, 2020 | Supplied by: Mitsubishi Development Pty LtdA $500K mental health program in Queensland's Bowen Basin will strive to improve mental health outcomes for resources sector workers after the COVID-19 pandemic.
National Safe Work Month promotes WHS through COVID-19
30 July, 2020Safe Work Australia has announced the theme for National Safe Work Month in October: Work Health and Safety through COVID-19.
SafeWork NSW Awards open nominations, announce new category
22 July, 2020Nominations are open for the 2020 SafeWork NSW Awards, which will now recognise businesses that have best responded to the challenges of COVID-19.
Fraudulent construction training courses offered online
21 July, 2020As misleading websites offer discounted white card courses, NT workers must attain their white card through an approved registered training organisation.
Qld WHS Prosecutor to handle serious RHS prosecutions
08 July, 2020Following recent legislative amendments, serious Resources Safety and Health prosecutions in Queensland will be referred to the independent WHS Prosecutor.
Tough mine safety laws a safety net for resources sector
03 July, 2020Queensland has implemented Australia's toughest mine safety laws, and established a resources safety and health authority, to protect workers in the resources sector.
Victorian workplace manslaughter laws now in effect
02 July, 2020Negligent Victorian employers now face fines of up to $16 million if they fail to ensure that employees are protected from incidents that result in death.
INX InControl WHS management system
01 July, 2020 | Supplied by: INX Software Pty LtdThe INX InControl WHS management system is designed to increase compliance and adopt a proactive approach to health and safety in managing everything from incidents to audits.
VBA investigations uncover 12 unregistered plumbers
29 June, 2020The Victorian Building Authority has taken enforcement action against 12 unlicensed or unregistered plumbers, following inspections across the Gippsland region.
Company convicted, fined $3m for industrial manslaughter
25 June, 2020Queensland's first sentence for industrial manslaughter has been handed down, with an auto wrecking yard fined $3 million following the death of a worker.
Milestone 500 companies reached for WHS Accreditation Scheme
25 June, 2020The Federal Safety Commissioner's Work Health and Safety Accreditation Scheme has achieved a notable milestone, with 500 companies now accredited.
NSW work health and safety laws updated
17 June, 2020The NSW Parliament has increased penalty amounts for all WHS offences, and prohibited insurance and indemnity arrangements, as part of new amended NSW WHS laws.
Regional accelerator program boosts ventilator innovation
15 June, 2020The METS Regional Innovation Accelerator Program has been introduced in Victoria to help regionally based mining businesses fast-track safety product innovation.
Night-shift workers at greater risk of injury, ill health
12 June, 2020British research by IOSH has found that shift workers who work night shifts are 25–30% more at risk of injury than those who work day shifts.
