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To address safety risks effectively, employers must understand how all managerial decisions affect workplace health and safety, and apply that knowledge to all business decisions, according to Safe Work Australia's fourth and final report on the role of accounting in WHS governance.
The South Australian Government is facing increasing pressure from all sides of politics to reverse the "harsh" 30 per cent whole person impairment threshold in its Return to Work Act. Meanwhile, South Australia has established a new IR body to replace the SafeWork SA Advisory Council and two other committees.
Two employers have committed to spending a total of $600,000 on an online documentation management system, safety email alerts and other programs, after being accused of WHS breaches.
A coroner has again been forced to warn that working under vehicles and other machines that aren't properly supported "can and will lead to death", after conducting his third investigation into such a fatality this year.
Victoria has been given little time to enjoy its status as the "nation's safest state" - as indicated in a new Safe Work Australia report - with five workers being killed in a "horrifying" nine-day period.
NSW has introduced a new workers' compensation incentive regime to ensure medium-to-large employers with good safety and return-to-work records contribute no more than a third of the total premium pool.
