A report investigating the spread of coronavirus in NSW schools has found that the disease has limited transmissibility from students to teachers. [ + ]

Toilet paper shortages have led Australians to seek out sanitary alternatives in the bathroom, but alterations should not compromise industry safety standards. [ + ]

Researchers from the University of Wollongong are pooling resources and expertise to develop face shields for our healthcare workers at the COVID-19 frontlines. [ + ]

The country's mining sector has united on safety amid COVID-19 and "the most significant disruption to daily life since the Second World War". [ + ]

Outsourced relationships can lead to challenges in the management of safety, as a 2020 British research report into client firms and subcontractors reveals. [ + ]

SafeWork NSW has released a statement of regulatory intent to outline its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in accordance with WHS legislation. [ + ]

Key representatives of Australia's mining workers and companies, together with regulators, have issued statements supporting safety in the face of COVID-19. [ + ]

Two Queensland rum distilleries have shifted production to make hand sanitiser, in response to increasing demand due to the coronavirus outbreak. [ + ]

The building and construction and trucking industries have welcomed the Australian Government's second coronavirus stimulus package, announced on 22 March. [ + ]

Queensland is 'ramping up' its assistance to the state's COVID-19 impacted manufacturing sector, the government announced over the weekend. [ + ]

Australia's combustible cladding crisis continues with Biowood not compliant with the Building Code of Australia in multi-storey residential properties. [ + ]

Focusing on the potential of an incident rather than the outcome provides fertile ground to improve safety, but it requires changes in how we engage, investigate, learn and measure. [ + ]

In food processing machinery there are stringent hygiene standards that must be followed both for local markets and for exporters — and these standards are not always the same. [ + ]

In light of the coronavirus outbreak, employees and employers must be aware of their entitlements and obligations, as per workplace health and safety laws. [ + ]

'Lessons we can learn from the British Corporate Manslaughter experience' will be presented by Ian Wallis at the Workplace Health & Safety Show, 27–28 May 2020. [ + ]