Browsing: Authority/inspectorate (ACT)



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3:50PM

WHS Bill enables conduct aggregation, boosts penalties

Provisions enabling the "aggregation of conduct" are being added to the ACT's WHS laws to deal with offences like reckless conduct, hindering inspectors and supplying incorrectly labelled chemicals, under a Bill that also significantly increases WHS penalties.


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3:41PM

More WHS prosecutions promised; WHS Codes made; more

  • WHS prosecutions promised, other initiatives having little impact;
  • Fatigue and remote-work alerts issued after fatalities, violence; and
  • WHS consultation and s-x work Codes amended and made in ACT.

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1:41PM

Q3 2023: Workplace safety legislation and caselaw review

Significant amendments were made to workplace health and safety laws in every Australian jurisdiction in the third quarter of 2023, including many increasing penalties and making it easier to prosecute duty holders. This major report - the only one of its kind in the country - examines all the need-to-know legislative changes, workers' compensation developments and court decisions from July, August and September.



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3:47PM

Worker sentenced for fatal recklessness; and more

  • Worker sentenced for fatal recklessness after remittal;
  • WHS initiatives build on Gayle's Law in SA; and
  • Are you sending your ACT workers to legitimate asbestos courses?

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1:36PM

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12:57PM

WHS warnings issued after child-related cases and assaults

PCBUs have been reminded of their WHS duties to children, after one entity was fined over a drowning death and another over a forklift joyride. Meanwhile, the ACT has launched a campaign against workplace violence, and reminded employers of the new WHS duty to report "actual or suspected" incidents of workplace s-xual assault.


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