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Know your duties - a tool for working safely
This tool provides information about duties under the model WHS laws, including duties for PCBUs and workers in the agriculture industry, how to meet these duties, and hazards you may face working in agriculture.
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Guide
This guide is to help major hazard facility (MHF) operators provide information to the local community and authorities about their MHF. It should include what the community should do…
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Fact sheets
This fact sheet provides information about managing risks from slips and trips.
Supporting information
Model Code of Practice: Managing the risk of falls at workplaces
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Guide
This guide provides an overview of the structure of the model Work Health and Safety (WHS) Regulations. This guide will help readers identify what duties or rights are contained in each Part of the model WHS Regulations, and direct readers to other…
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Legislation
Safe Work Australia has developed transitional principles that set out how arrangements under existing work health and safety (WHS) legislation are intended to transition to the new system.
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Resources
This document provides guidance on the interpretation and application of section 27 of the Work Health and Safety Act, including who will be an 'officer' and what it will mean for them.
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Legislation
Sets out how arrangements under existing work health and safety legislation are intended to transition to the new system.
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Reports
Biomechanical demands such as repetitive hand or arm movements, lifting heavy loads or working in awkward postures contribute to the development or worsening of inflammatory or degenerative musculoskeletal disorders. However, little is known about…
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Legislation
On 11 December 2009, the Workplace Relations Ministers’ Council endorsed the Model Work Health and Safety (WHS) Bill. The intention is that the Commonwealth and each state and territory government will enact a workplace health and safety Bill to…
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Statistical reports
Cancer is a term for diseases in which abnormal cells divide without control. The term is used to encompass a range of different diseases such as: adenocarcinoma of lung; melanoma; and hepatocellular carcinoma.
There are a number of well-known sets of…
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Reports
This report provides information on the risks associated with caring for obese and bariatric patients, including:
transporting patients
moving patients
in-home treatment
treatment while in hostel/hospital…
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Public comment
Public submissions closed on 14 October 2011.
The zip file contains the documents and public submissions received during the consultation process.
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Legislation
The Model Work Health and Safety Regulations Amendment (Diving Work) 2018 (Diving Work Amendments) amends Part 4.8 (Diving Work) of the model WHS Regulations to correct minor errors and inconsistencies in drafting and update references to standards.
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