Unions are accusing the Western Australian Government of leaving them with a second rate safety state, by ignoring the harmonisation of the OHS laws.
10/11/2011 |
With the OHS due to take place next year, businesses can now delay Work Health and Safety laws by up to 12 months if the transformation will embark significant change.
10/11/2011 |
A Geelong business has been convicted for failing to properly guard machines, resulting in worker injuries including loss of two fingers and a crushed hand and head.
08/11/2011 |
WorkSafe has launched a campaign urging safety improvements before an inspector visits.
02/11/2011 |
A man has been sentenced to nine months in prison for fraudulently receiving $40,000 in workers compensation whilst working as a truck driver.
02/11/2011 |
Queensland construction workers will stage a “safety walk” today after a foreman was crushed by a formwork shutter at a building site at the University of Queensland’s St Lucia campus on Monday.
01/11/2011 |
The latest lead tests at the Leonora rail yard have found no traces above accepted standards.
26/10/2011 |
The opening day of sessions at Safe Work Week 2011 is marked by insights into how to deal with OHS disputes within the workplace.
24/10/2011 |
West Australian commerce minister Simon O'Brien has welcomed the news that NSW will not implement the national OH&S laws.
21/10/2011 |
WorkSafe QLD has released a guide to the new Work Health and Safety Act for next year.
19/10/2011 |
The ‘gloves are off’ the unions threatens, after accusing the construction industry of reneging on an agreement to strengthen safety legislation in South Australia, reported in news.com.au.
30/09/2011 |
With just three months until the new work health and safety legislation comes into effect, it has received yet another blow but this time with Victorian Assistant Treasurer Gordon Rich-Phillips calling for a year-long delay, reported in the Australian.
29/09/2011 |
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) is shaming the West Australian government for failing to sign off on the national harmonisation of OHS laws, claiming the state is putting ‘politics before the state’s workers’.
27/09/2011 |
The Minister for Workplace Relations, David O’Byrne, announced today the Government had opposed the Liberal Opposition’s Right to Work Without Hinderance amendment Bill, because it’s deeply flawed on policy and process grounds.
23/09/2011 |
A South West chemical company has been fined $90,000 over an acid spill in February 2010 which seriously burned four factory workers – one of which had to have his leg amputated as a result of the injuries.
23/09/2011 |
The health and safety reforms will deliver up to $2 billion a year in productivity gains, Senator Chris Evans said today.
14/09/2011 |
The Housing Industry Association and Master Builders Australia are calling on the Government to postpone the coming OH&S laws to six months, after concerns there won't be enough room to digest the changes, as reported in Smart Company.
14/09/2011 |
Instructional webinars on the new Work Health and Safety Act are now available for download from the WorkCover website.
25/07/2011 |
Minister for Industrial Relations Russell Wortley announced more than $400,000 will be available to assist research into work health and safety issues in South Australia under the SafeWork SA WHS Commissioned Research Grant Program.
07/07/2011 |
Living Colour Nursery and Bianco Reinforcing were fined a total of $48,750 in separate incidents involving poor work practices and machinery.
05/07/2011 |