“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…

HSR Training Courses 2024 Calendar Health and Safety Representative training, Level 1 to Level 3. SafeWork SA Approved provider. Location in Adelaide South. Location:   Adelaide Metro Area, at Christies Beach…

Thursday, June 6th 2024 The question is often asked when an organisation should establish a WHS Committee, and while legal requirements often dictate when a WHS Committee should be established, it is…

An electrical company in Victoria that repeatedly put workers at risk when working at height has been convicted and fined $40,000. New Switch Electrical was sentenced in the Geelong Magistrates’…

Two engineering firms have been fined a combined $70,000 over an incident in which two apprentices were injured when the supporting columns for a roof they were working on collapsed.…

Monash Health has been fined $160,000 after a mental health patient took their own life at Casey Hospital in Victoria. The healthcare provider was sentenced, without conviction, in the Melbourne…