The Attorney General, Simon Corbell, has confirmed an independent Occupational Health and Safety Commissioner will remain as part of the Office of Regulatory Services.

Safe Work Australia Week, a week to focus attention on workplace safety issues around Australia, will be held from 21 to 27 October this year.

The Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) Regulations 2007 came into force on 24 July 2007, considerably improving the framework for monitoring agricultural and veterinary chemical use in Victoria.

Australian company Sensear, developers of the award-winning electronic earmuffs and earplugs, are launching their products globally with exhibits at the A&A held in Dusseldorf, Germany this September and the National Safety Congress, held in Chicago in October.

Melbourne-based industrial design firm Outerspace Design has received international recognition, winning a bronze International Design Excellence Award (IDEA) 2007.

A project by South Australian Country Fire Service (CFS) has received a 2007 National Safety Award at the Safe Work Australia Awards in Canberra.

Federal Safety Commissioner Tom Fisher has urged senior managers in the building and construction industry to set an example for their employees and commit to a safety culture on Australian building sites.

International electronics design company, Tancher, is providing free design rights to its lifesaving personal locator radio beacon, to encourage governments and industries to make lifesaving devices more accessible.

SafeWork SA has warned farmers to include firearm safety in their OHS after a case before the SA Industrial Relations Court last Friday.

The WorkSafe Victoria injury insurance ‘Declaration of Rateable Remuneration’ can be completed online for the first time this financial year.

The Australian Safety and Compensation Council has released the publication ‘Guidance on Occupational Health and Safety in Government Procurement’, developed in consultation with Comcare and the Department of Finance and Administration.

Victoria’s Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2007 came into operation on 1 July. This single regulation replaces Victoria’s 13 separate OHS regulations covering specific hazards, OHS issues and hazardous industries.

A new National Code of Practice for Induction for Construction Work has been announced by the Australian Safety and Compensation Council (ASCC).

People, planet, profit was the theme at the Integral Energy e-safe Energy Safety and Field Expo gala dinner.

WorkSafe said that a recent $40,000 fine for a Nhill company in the Horsham Magistrates' Court highlighted the need for employers to make sure all staff in the workplace are sufficiently trained.