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August 2022

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Work Health and Safety Act set for review

The Government has announced a five-yearly review of the Work Health Safety Act.
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Safe Work Month – register now!

Safe Work Month is held nationally in October, but this year in Queensland we’re taking a new approach to encourage a focus on safer, healthier workplaces for everyone, every day. The Work Well 365 series will give you practical advice to improve health and safety, injury rehabilitation and return to work at your workplace.
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Hydrogen: working safely in a growing industry

Hydrogen is a clean, renewable fuel that can be used for transport, as a power supply, and in a range of industrial processes.
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Industry undertaking to boost safety for Logan City Council staff

An enforceable undertaking entered into by Logan City Council will highlight workplace safety across the organisation and benefit other councils and the community.
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Coomera boat builder fined $140,000 over workplace injuries

A Coomera boat builder has been fined $140,00 after a worker suffered multiple wrist fractures while using a faulty press that had been reported to the company more than a year earlier.
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Awareness, belonging and connection for positive mental health and wellbeing

Awareness, Belonging and Connection is the theme for this year’s Mental Health Week. The week is celebrated annually in October, raising the profile of mental health and wellbeing and helping to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness.
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Grow your skills with work health and wellbeing online training

Chronic health conditions are the leading cause of poor health and mortality in Australia, but this can also have a major impact on work health, safety and wellbeing.
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Case study: Making in-roads to improve mental health for transport workers

Australasia’s largest bus operator Kinetic has made significant in-roads towards improving mental health outcomes for drivers, through a pilot program supported by industry and WorkCover Queensland.
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Consultation, cooperation and coordination code updated

Queensland has updated the Work health and safety consultation, cooperation and coordination Code of Practice 2021 to reflect the model code of practice. The changes are not substantive policy changes. Changes include adding examples and clarifications to assist industry.
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It’s not soft to cover cuts!

We all know soil is full of germs. However, while most of them are not a problem there are a few nasty ones like tetanus, leptospirosis, melioidosis and staphylococcus that can make workers really sick.
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$3m for dust lung disease research

Industrial Relations Minister Grace Grace has announced more than $3 million of research grants for occupational dust lung disease have been awarded by the Queensland Government.
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Claim farming now banned

Pressuring workers into making a workers’ compensation claim through ‘claim farming’ is now banned under new laws in Queensland from 30 June 2022.
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