Welders Fuse Together to Improve Workplace Safety
10 June, 2020Metal Manufacturing Industry Guide to Safety 2020/21
Victoria updates lead guidance after amended regulations
10 June, 2020WorkSafe Victoria has released updated lead guidance after amended regulations came into effect on 5 June. It includes the latest information on lead-risk work.
Worker wellbeing bounces back as job prospects improve
10 June, 2020Australian survey research reveals that as the employment outlook amid the coronavirus pandemic improves, workers experience increased wellbeing and reduced anxiety.
SWA updates its COVID-19 central hub with further resources
10 June, 2020As COVID-19 restrictions ease, Safe Work Australia has released further industry-specific guidance to help businesses reopen safely, including a planning tool.
$80m infection control training fund for the frontlines
10 June, 2020Frontline workers in the food handling, retail, and transport and logistics industries will have free or low-fee access to national infection control skill sets.
Fines follow young workers' burns in biofuel explosion
01 June, 2020A NSW vehicle repair shop and its director have been fined $157,500 after two young workers sustained serious burns while making biofuel unsupervised.
Hygiene and Safe Food Practices in School Canteens during COVID-19
28 May, 2020School Canteen Guide to Food Safety & Nutrition 2020/21 – Published
Risks of Legionnaires' disease in reopening buildings
27 May, 2020As COVID-19 restrictions ease, businesses preparing to reopen are reminded of the risk of Legionnaires' disease in their buildings' water-based systems.
"Grossly deficient" record keeping, coroner finds
27 May, 2020A Coronial Inquest into the death of a Queensland mineworker has highlighted the importance of management accountability in mines.
Mining executives face 20 years' jail under new laws
26 May, 2020New laws passed in the Queensland Parliament mean that mining bosses now face up to 20 years' jail if workers die due to their criminal negligence.
Research-led frontline mental wellbeing recommendations
26 May, 2020An Australian research team has developed recommendations to help manage the mental health and wellbeing of frontline medical workers during viral outbreaks.
ANU study highlights job security and safety anxieties
18 May, 2020A recent study has found that two-thirds of Australians are worried about their own and others' safety, and confirmed the toll of COVID-19 on mental health.
Workers in NSW can now speak up, save lives with new app
18 May, 2020SafeWork NSW has launched an app that enables workers to anonymously report workplace health and safety issues by sending the regulator photos of unsafe practices.
Board of inquiry to investigate Qld coalmine explosion
15 May, 2020The Queensland Government is forming an independent mine safety board of inquiry to investigate a gas explosion at the Anglo-American Grosvenor coalmine.
Expert calls for frontline mental health preservation
15 May, 2020Essential frontline health workers must be given time to recover after each shift caring for COVID-19 patients, a mental health researcher has advised.
