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Compliance blitz targets construction industry
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland (WHSQ) has begun a state-wide compliance blitz to reduce serious workplace incidents in Queensland’s high risk construction industry.
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Miles Doing What Matters: More Queensland workers set to benefit from nation-leading leave reform
Premier Steven Miles has today announced a major extension to nation leading leave reform, building on changes announced on Labour Day 2024.
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Work Health and Safety and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024
Stay up to date on what the Work Health and Safety and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024 means for workplaces across Queensland.
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Employers put on notice to proactively manage workplace sexual harassment
Queensland employers will be required to proactively manage the risk of sexual harassment in the workplace from September in a nation-leading regulatory reform.
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Workplace health and safety laws now apply to sex industry workers
Following the decriminalisation of sex work in Queensland, all sex workers and sex work businesses will be covered by work health and safety legislation. This improves sex workers’ rights, safety and working conditions.
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Safety a priority for the diving and snorkelling industry
The Queensland Government is updating the Safety in Recreational Water Activities Regulation (Regulation) and the Recreational Diving, Recreational Technical Diving and Snorkelling Code of Practice (Code of Practice) to maintain high safety standards for Queensland’s important snorkelling and diving industry.
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New statewide campaign to reduce fatalities and critical injuries
The Queensland Government has launched a new safety campaign geared towards improving the state’s safety outcomes for industries including construction, manufacturing, health care, and social assistance.
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Court orders $400,000 fine after a fatality at a sporting complex
A Queensland company has been ordered to pay a $400,000 fine and a conviction recorded against them after the death of a voluntary ground official when a scaffold tower fell on him at a Mitchelton Sports complex on the 25th July 2021.
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New regulation on processing crystalline silica substances in effect (1 September 2024)
As part of a national approach, new stronger regulation for businesses to manage the potential hazard when processing crystalline silica substances is now in effect (1 September 2024).
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Farm safety a prized subject for Queensland students
Be safe around electrical equipment, always wear a helmet on a quad bike and wash your hands after touching animals – these are some of the safety messages that will feature in the 2025 Farm safety calendar.
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Safe Work Month focuses on being safe 365 days of the year
Saving lives by raising awareness about workplace health and safety is the focus of National Safe Work Month this October. Safety doesn’t happen by chance or guesswork
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Queenslanders need to work safely 365 days a year
Workplaces across Queensland are encouraged to take part in National Safe Work Month this October to help save lives and reduce the cost of work-related injury and illness.