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Many employers in flood-affected areas will be required to identify and eliminate a host of workplace hazards they have never encountered before, a new report from law firm Blake Dawson has warned.

SWA reports alarming spike in notified fatalities; NT WorkSafe issues alert after two fatalities in two weeks; Comcare prosecuting John Holland and Transpacific over fall deaths; and Employer charged over insulation death.

Flood-affected Queenslanders have been urged to exercise extreme caution when dealing with electrical equipment and asbestos-containing materials during the floods and clean-up period.

The number of asbestos-related deaths in NSW will soon dwarf the annual road toll, Ombudsman Bruce Barbour has warned in calling for a State-wide asbestos-eradication plan. But a medical breakthrough announced on this, the first day of Asbestos Awareness Week, offers hope for mesothelioma victims.

Three major safety regulators have signed an agreement to share information and avoid overlap in the investigation of NSW railway incidents.

In this update, OHS Alert outlines all the important OHS and workers' compensation legislative changes made in the third quarter of 2010. We also recap the most significant court and tribunal rulings and other developments in each jurisdiction.

In this update, OHS Alert outlines all the important OHS and workers' compensation legislative changes made in the second quarter of 2010. We also recap the most significant court and tribunal rulings and other developments in each jurisdiction.

In this update, OHS Alert outlines all the important OHS and workers' compensation legislative changes made in the first quarter of 2010. We also recap the most significant court and tribunal rulings and other developments in each jurisdiction.

In this update, OHS Alert outlines all the important OHS and workers' compensation legislative changes made in the final quarter of 2009. We also recap the most significant court and tribunal rulings and other developments in each jurisdiction.

Employers that see older workers as an OHS risk are "ill informed and ignorant," according to the CFMEU's Dave Noonan, who says most mature-age construction workers have more OHS knowledge than a university graduate "still wet behind the ears".