WorkSafe cautions against disregarding inspectors' warnings
WorkSafe New Zealand is alerting property owners and those performing building tasks that inspectors' notices are legally obligatory, and failing to comply with them poses a risk to safety.
What the regulator confirmed
A written stop-work direction takes effect immediately – tools dow…
In short: A 12-month training program for farms has begun in New South Wales, facilitated by SafeWork NSW, to advance work health and safety outcomes for farm workers. Roughly 1,000 participants employed across agriculture will trial free sessions, then receive a completion certificate they can hand to an employer.
Government backs 12-month program fo…
Quick answer: Queensland primary school students from Prep to Year 6 are invited to enter the 2027 Farm Safety Calendar competition by creating artwork that shows how people stay safe on farms and across rural communities.
Who can enter: Queensland primary students, Prep through Year 6
What to create: original artwork depicting safe behaviour around…
Quick answer: The NHVR encourages drivers to prioritise the safety of others during National Road Safety Week, asking every road user to slow down, stay alert and back each trip with disciplined risk management.
Below, we outline the regulator's message, the human factors behind most collisions, and the practical controls fleets can apply this week an…
The NSW Resources Regulator has published its safety report for the first quarter of 2026, covering January to March, recording 567 incident notifications across the state's high-hazard workplaces. That figure sits 13% above the preceding three months and 5% higher than the equivalent window in FY 2025. Encouragingly, no workplace deaths were recorded…
SafeWork SA advises South Australians to recognise risks associated with roll-away vehicles
SafeWork SA is advising employers and drivers across South Australia to be conscious of the threats posed by roll-away vehicles as part of its extensive new workplace safety initiative; ‘Safety at work is a serious job.’
Key points at a glance
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The theme for National Safe Work Month 2026 has been revealed. Safe Work Australia confirmed this year's message: 'Safe work is for life'.
That national safe work month theme signifies the primary goal of WHS — eliminating fatalities, injuries and diseases at work — while spotlighting the long-term repercussions that workplace harm can inflict on work…
A 72-year-old cattle musterer has died after his quad rolled on a grazing property at Kergunyah in north-east Victoria. The fatality is the state's 14th verified work-related death for 2026 and the fifth within agriculture, according to WorkSafe data.
What early news reports tell us
Who: A farmer aged 72, named in news coverage as William "Ross" Ray…
Tree feller killed by falling tree at Waikato farm
Quick summary: A tree feller has died after being hit by the stem they were cutting down on a farm at Kopaki in rural Waikato, New Zealand. Emergency services were called just after 1:40pm Saturday, and WorkSafe has been notified of the fatality.
A person has passed away after being hit by a tree on…
Quick answer: Safe Work Australia data shows that 43 Australian workers have been killed at work so far this year. Transport, postal and warehousing accounts for 21 of those deaths — close to half the national total.
Death toll in the workplace rises to 43
According to data from Safe Work Australia, the total number of people killed at work this year…
In short: SafeWork NSW has launched a targeted compliance program examining how safely the construction industry and utilities contractors operate around overhead and underground services. Inspectors will attend high-risk worksites across NSW, and duty holders who fall short may receive improvement, prohibition or penalty notices.
SafeWork NSW is carr…
WorkSafe Victoria is conducting an investigation following the death of a warehouse worker in Lara last week.
WorkSafe said the man, 21, was operating an air compressor to remove fertilizer from the rear of a semi-trailer when he was tragically hit by a front end loader on Monday morning.
Figures from WorkSafe reveal that thirteen Victorian workers ha…
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