The Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2015 was introduced into Par-liament on 15 July 2015. The Bill implements the Queensland Government’s election commitments for Restoring the Rights of Queenslanders Injured at Work. If passed by Parliament, the Bill will achieve the Government’s commitments for workers’ compensation matters by amending the Workers’ Read More …

SafeWork SA is urging workers to convert any Certificates of Competency or old style tickets issued between January 2005 and September 2010 to the national high risk work licence before the deadline of 1 September 2015. This is the final year of the five year transition period for workers to convert their qualifications to the Read More …

Lock Out/Tag Out programs are used to prevent contact with a hazard while performing tasks that require the removal, by-passing, or deactivation of safe guarding devices, and the unintended release of hazardous energy (stored energy), or the unintended start-up or motion of machinery, equipment, or processes. Lockout Lock Out is the control of hazardous energy Read More …

The ACT Industrial Magistrates Court has delivered the first judgement in Australia interpreting the meaning of “officer” under the harmonised Work Health & Safety Act, which operates in all States and Territories except Victoria and Western Australia. In the case of B McKie v Muni Al-Hasani, Kenoss Contractors Pty Ltd (in liq) [2015] ACTIC 1, Read More …