[Trigger warning: This news story contains references to suicide.] Safe Work Australia recently announced that a number of changes will be made to the model WHS Act around notifiable…

Workplace Health and Safety Queensland (WHSQ) recently launched a state-wide compliance blitz to reduce serious workplace incidents in the construction industry. As part of the program, WHSQ inspectors will be…

SafeWork SA recently issued a safety alert warning business owners in the agriculture sector about the dangers of working in confined spaces following the recent death of a farmer in…

  WorkSafe Victoria’s silica field team visited 52 industry sites in the past month – issuing 25 compliance notices and seizing more than 65 samples of suspected engineered stone, as…

  The implementation of AI or generative AI tools within workplaces can impact both the perception and existence of psychosocial risks at work, according to RMIT. For example, AI can…

Emergency service personnel and other professionals who are responsible for responding to incidents on high-speed roads experience higher fatality and incident rates, and also suffer from higher rates of post-traumatic…

While work-related incidents can have a significant impact on workers and their employers, there is often a tendency to focus narrowly on immediate causes of incidents at the expense of…

A decision to review WHS incident notification requirements under the model WHS Act was an outcome of the 2018 Review of the model WHS laws. This was to ensure: the provisions…

This dashboard has been updated to include the latest publicly available WHS prosecutions data from 2023. Future updates to the WHS prosecutions data dashboard will be released annually. Provides national…

18 July 2024 SafeWork SA has suspended the licences of three workers for up to 12 months after a series of safety breaches involving powerlines. Two workers had their licences…