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Australia's OHS regulators will from January focus on "encouraging and assisting compliance" with the Work Health and Safety Act in the event of an alleged breach, and will be more likely to investigate employers that have been issued improvement notices in the past, according to the National Compliance and Enforcement Policy.
Unions have called for a six-month delay in the implementation of the harmonised mining regulations, with the CFMEU warning that the Government's "rush" to enact the laws was "asking for disaster".
The CFMEU has described as "heartening" an "admission" from construction giant Leighton Holdings that at least 50 construction workers will die every year if the harmonised Regulations are not amended to prescribe higher-order controls.
Safe Work Australia has released its second suite of mine-specific draft model Codes of Practice for public comment, but the harmonisation process suffered another hiccup on Friday, with the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry declining to endorse the draft Regulations at the SWA members meeting in Sydney.
Harmonisation could be delayed by Western Australian plan; Cancelled meeting could strand asbestos victims; Innovative mining employers awarded; and Workplace Standards Tasmania issues electrical alert.
Goal of zero harm in mines under threat from "non-core" model laws; Two workers killed and two seriously injured in horror Victorian week; and Standards Australia clarifies ladder requirements.
