27 May 2024 An alarming rise in serious injuries caused by falls from heights has prompted SafeWork SA to launch an awareness campaign to keep workers safe. The state’s workplace…

29 May 2024 Residential aged care facilities across South Australia will be audited by the state’s safety regulator to reduce the risk of injury to residents and staff. SafeWork SA…

06 June 2024 Significant reforms to South Australia’s work health and safety system are set to become law after passing State Parliament this week. The Work Health and Safety (Review Recommendations)…

Continuing to build the capability of PCBUs, regulators and workers to ensure compliance with the duty to manage psychosocial hazards at work is a key target of the Australian WHS Strategy 2023-2033. One…

As an initiative under the National Return to Work Strategy, Safe Work Australia engaged Monash University to undertake independent research to explore best practice early intervention and claims management models.…

“Deemed diseases” are diseases that, based on scientific evidence, are highly likely to be caused by work, so they are assumed to be work-related in most workers’ compensation claims. We…

We recently published the 29th edition of the Comparison of workers’ compensation arrangements in Australia and New Zealand. This biennial report provides information on the operation of workers’ compensation schemes in…

Fatigue is more than feeling tired and drowsy – fatigue is a state of mental and/or physical exhaustion that reduces the ability to work safely and effectively. Explore our infographic to learn…

Family and domestic violence can present in many forms, with significant impacts on a person’s health, safety and wellbeing. It can become a WHS issue if the perpetrator makes threats,…

In October 2023, WHS ministers asked Safe Work Australia to undertake a stocktake of jurisdictional initiatives and reforms to improve the framework for investigating and prosecuting workplace deaths and serious…