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How to set up your business so you comply with Queensland’s health and safety laws.
If an injury or illness occursThe steps to take—from making sure people are safe to reporting injuries and making a claim.
Getting back to workThe steps involved in starting your recovery and getting you back to work.
Guide to health and safety lawsAn overview of the laws, how they fit together and what they require of employers and workers.
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Safe Work Month 2022 and Work Well 365
Register now for events and download resources to help you keep work health, safety and return to work top of mind all year round.
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Mental Health Week
Mental Health Week, celebrated annually in October, promotes the importance of mental health and wellbeing and aims to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness.
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Farm safety calendar competition
The 12 winning Queensland primary school students will be announced in October 2022. Pre-order your 2023 Farm safety calendar today!
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Safe Work and Return to Work Awards 2022
Thank you to everyone who entered the 2022 Safe Work and Return to Work Awards and congratulations to all of the finalists.
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Actions that should be taken by employers and workers to ensure workplace hygiene and cleanliness is achieved to the standard necessary to protect people against COVID-19 infection.
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Safety Advocates
Our Safety Advocates highlight the personal impacts that an injury can have on workers and their families.
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Award nominated rehab consultant shares his top tips
When a worker is injured, it can be an overwhelming time for employers.
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New workplace coal dust standard commences in Queensland
From 1 October 2022, the workplace exposure standard for respirable coal dust) will be halved in Queensland, revised from a time weighted av...
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Ambassadors in Aged Care may reduce incidences of violence and aggression against workers
A pilot trialling the use of resident ambassadors in an aged care setting has shown reduced incidences of violence and aggression against ca...
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World Mental Health Day breakfast
Join us on World Mental Health Day for a breakfast event as we hear from our new Queensland Mental Health Ambassador Hayley Lewis.
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Regulating mentally healthy workplaces livestream
This livestreamed session explores common event based and cumulative psychosocial hazards and factors in the design or management of work th...
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Imagining a Workplace Without Burnout: New findings and a roadmap to prevention
This free livestream tackles this complex and multifaceted issue, exploring the importance of structure and cultural causes – rather than in...
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Worker seriously injured after being pulled under farm trailer
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Worker struck by truck body tray
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Worker seriously injured after fall from a ladder
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Workers killed by mobile plant
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Worker fatally struck by vehicle
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