Time running out to comment on WA's mirror WHS Regulations; WorkCover SA boss resigns, as WorkCover NSW overhaul slammed; ATSB established as national rail safety investigator; and Essential safety news from five jurisdictions.
Federal Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten has lamented 50 years of Government inaction on asbestos, in announcing the establishment of the Office of Asbestos Safety. Also in this article, the AMWU has launched a month-long safety blitz of NSW manufacturers.
Simple strategies, such as walking over and talking to colleagues instead of emailing them, can significantly reduce the health risks posed by sedentary work, Comcare says in a new toolkit on the issue.
A day after the ACCC warned that thousands of popular Chinese cars imported into Australia are fitted with asbestos gaskets, Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten has released the Asbestos Management Review report, and listed many of the workplace and household objects that still contain the deadly substance.
Repeat OHS offender in Queensland fined $120k after two more incidents; WorkCover NSW investigating industrial estate death; Comcare leads by example with workplace move; and New Western Australian Resources Safety boss appointed.
First-aid fraudster loses adverse-action claim; Tasmania to extend compensation limitations for asbestos victims; and Younger men among increasing mesothelioma death toll.
OHS shortcuts reduce business saleability, lawyers warn; Two more model Codes of Practice take effect; and Funds injected into workplace suicide-prevention program.
Safe Work Australia has released a Q&A to address another harmonisation "misconception", this time relating to how strata title bodies corporate are affected by the model WHS laws.
