Entries open for prestigious health and safety awards
27 May 2024 Health and safety initiatives supporting young workers and women in the workplace may be eligible…
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Rise in injuries puts SA construction industry under scrutiny
27 May 2024 An alarming rise in serious injuries caused by falls from heights has prompted SafeWork SA…
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Safety blitz at aged care homes
29 May 2024 Residential aged care facilities across South Australia will be audited by the state’s safety regulator…
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Work health and safety reforms pass Parliament
06 June 2024 Significant reforms to South Australia’s work health and safety system are set to become law…
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Case study: People at Work tool
Continuing to build the capability of PCBUs, regulators and workers to ensure compliance with the duty to manage…
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Insights on early intervention to improve return to work outcomes
As an initiative under the National Return to Work Strategy, Safe Work Australia engaged Monash University to undertake…
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Updates to the deemed diseases list
“Deemed diseases” are diseases that, based on scientific evidence, are highly likely to be caused by work, so…
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Latest report comparing workers’ compensation arrangements in Australia and New Zealand now available
We recently published the 29th edition of the Comparison of workers’ compensation arrangements in Australia and New Zealand. This…
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Fatigue: a WHS issue
Fatigue is more than feeling tired and drowsy – fatigue is a state of mental and/or physical exhaustion…
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Managing the risk of family and domestic violence at work
Family and domestic violence can present in many forms, with significant impacts on a person’s health, safety and…