Browsing: WHS legislation, regulations, standards and codes (NSW)


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WHS changes and new workers' comp statute pass

Two major pieces of legislation have passed the NSW and Western Australian Parliaments: a WHS Bill nearly tripling fines and doubling jail terms for category-1 breaches, and a complete workers' compensation rewrite that has been a decade in the making.



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WHS Bill triples penalties, gives police WHS powers

The NSW Government has introduced WHS amendments tripling the maximum penalties for category-1 breaches, clarifying that officers can be prosecuted for recklessness, introducing "prohibited asbestos notices" with hefty non-compliance fines, and giving police certain enforcement powers under WHS laws.


TUE
2:02PM

Customer-endangerment charges; Safety blitzes; more

  • Company charged with endangering customers, after fatality;
  • Inspectors issue hundreds of WHS notices in three-day blitz; and
  • WHS resources for new audiometric duties in NSW released.

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