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

• NSW makes WHS Code and amends regulations;
  
• Tough building safety laws commence on Monday;
  
• New drug testing regime for rail workers introduced in Vic; and
  
• Electrical standards Code commences in Tas.

• Council targeted in major asbestos management investigation;
  
• WHS regulations for licences amended in NSW; and
  
• Qld retains pre-election safety ministers.

• New safety bans with $1m fines receive assent in NSW;
  
• ACT adopts final model WHS Regulations and extended "wiring rules";
  
• Workers' comp changes progress in ACT and Tas; and
  
• Hazardous substances regulations commence in NZ today.

• High Court's HSR ruling applies to harmonised WHS laws;
  
• Draft Compliance Codes for asbestos released in Vic; and
  
• Heavy vehicle safety changes pass in NSW and agreed to nationally.

NSW has introduced laws banning unsafe cladding, allowing rectification orders for unsafe building products used prior to the prohibition, and requiring companies to produce documents so that products can be tracked.

• New on-the-spot WHS fines introduced in NSW;
  
• WHS competency scheme requirements gazetted; and
  
• Hadgkiss fined over false right-of-entry information.

• Five tips to managing worker suicide risks;
  
• Labour-hire licensing scheme passes in Qld; and
  
• New pesticides Regulation commences in NSW.

• New WHS Regulation made in NSW;
  
• Workers killed and injured in high winds today; and
  
• Dusty mines satisfy safety directives.

• Drones supporting WHS investigations;
  
• NSW promises new laws against unsafe building products;
  
• Ministers agree to PFAS plan as Qantas bans the substance; and
  
• Tradies Health Month kicks off tomorrow.

The harmonised WHS Act in NSW is being amended to include new penalty notice offences to crackdown on high recidivism rates, and to give safety regulators extraterritorial powers.