Current bills about: workplace health and safety

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VIC Fines for Threatening People Who Use Workplace Health and Safety Powers

Workplace Legislation Amendment (Accident Compensation and Other Matters) Bill 2026

criminal penalties employer obligations industrial relations information sharing occupational health privacy regulatory compliance whistleblower protection worker protection workplace health and safety workplace insurance +6 more

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SA Establishment and Management of the Health and Safety Fund

Work Health and Safety (Health and Safety Fund) Amendment Bill 2026

dangerous substances explosives health occupational health safety funding workplace health and safety

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VIC Workplace Protection Orders for Victims of Violence and Abuse

Workplace Protection Orders Bill 2026

harassment occupational health protection orders worker protection workplace health and safety workplace violence

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QLD Assaults and Kidnapping Threats Now Count as Reportable Workplace Safety Incidents

Strengthening Protections Against Violent Workplace Incidents Amendment Bill 2026

occupational health physical assault recreational water safety sexual assault violent incidents workplace health and safety

Opposition Bill

VIC New Safety Rules for Handling and Storing Dangerous Goods and Explosives

Occupational Health and Safety Amendment (Dangerous Goods) Bill 2026

chemical storage dangerous goods explosives hazardous chemicals industrial safety workplace health and safety

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SA Presumption of Employment-Related Cancer and Asbestos Disease for Firefighters

Return to Work (Presumptive Firefighter Injuries) Amendment Bill 2026

asbestos disease firefighters occupational cancer workplace health and safety

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QLD QBCC Licensees Must Report Contact Detail Changes and Safety Matters, and Investigators Cannot Seize Devices Just to Check Licences

Queensland Building and Construction Commission and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025

building industry building standards law enforcement plumbing and drainage pool safety professional licensing regulatory compliance workplace health and safety

QLD Restrictions on Workplace Entry and Removal of the Public Sector Commissioner

Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games Arrangements and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024

ATSI First Nations treaty government accountability public sector employment sports infrastructure urban planning workplace health and safety

QLD New Powers to Ban Unsafe Electrical Equipment and New Defect Notice Requirements

Electrical Safety and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025

consumer protection electrical equipment equipment defects product safety workplace health and safety

QLD Mandatory Inquests and New Coroner Role for Mining Related Reportable Deaths

Coroners (Mining and Resources Coroner) Amendment Bill 2025

coroners investigations mining industry mining safety occupational health workplace health and safety

NSW Right to Access and Inspect Digital Work Systems for WHS Entry Permit Holders

Work Health and Safety Amendment (Digital Work Systems) Bill 2025

algorithmic management artificial intelligence digital work systems worker surveillance workload management workplace health and safety

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VIC New Crimes for Attacking Customer-Facing Workers and Ram Raids

Crimes Amendment (Retail, Fast Food, Hospitality and Transport Worker Harm) Bill 2025

aggravated burglary assault criminal offences customer-facing workers emergency services offensive conduct public safety workplace health and safety

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ACT Fines for Failing to Pay Long Service Leave and New Reporting Rules for Sexual Assault at Work

Workplace Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 (No 3)

criminal penalties employee entitlements employer obligations employment rights hazardous substances law enforcement long service leave professional licensing regulatory compliance sexual assault work health and safety workplace health and safety workplace incidents +8 more

FED Courts Can Make Workplace Protection Orders for Commonwealth Workers and Fines or Jail for Breaking Them

Commonwealth Workplace Protection Orders Bill 2025

criminal penalties domestic violence employment rights privacy public safety victim privacy worker protection workplace health and safety

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ACT Expanded Definitions for Sexual Offence Proceedings under Work Health and Safety Law

Workplace Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 (No 2)

employer insurance sexual assault sexual harassment workers compensation workplace health and safety workplace injury

ACT Classification of Silicosis as a Permanent Injury

Workplace Legislation Amendment Bill 2025

employment employment rights government procurement industrial relations labour hire long service leave occupational disease occupational health silicosis work health and safety workers compensation workplace health and safety +7 more

NSW Establishment of a SafeWork Advisory Council to Guide Work Health and Safety Strategy

Work Health and Safety Amendment (Standalone Regulator) Bill 2025

occupational health risk management safety regulation work health and safety workplace health and safety

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NSW Up to 25 Years Jail for Owners and $20 Million Fine for Companies if Negligence Kills a Worker

Work Health and Safety Amendment (Industrial Manslaughter) Bill 2024

corporate liability court procedures criminal justice criminal penalties industrial manslaughter industrial relations occupational health workplace health and safety

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NSW Higher Penalties and New Evidential Burdens for Work Health and Safety Breaches

Work Health and Safety Amendment Bill 2023

asbestos business penalties occupational safety workplace health and safety workplace regulation

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NSW Up to 11 Years Jail for Attacking or Harassing Retail Workers

Crimes Legislation Amendment (Assaults on Retail Workers) Bill 2023

assault criminal penalties employee rights public safety retail workers worker protection workplace health and safety workplace violence

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Legislative Council

Assent

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