Australia's national heavy vehicle regulator is launching a nationwide enforcement campaign to combat tiredness behind the wheel, after almost 5,000 fatigue-related violations were recorded across the freight industry in the last year.
The initiative, titled 'Operation Ambit', is set to be implemented nationwide over the next few weeks, focusing on he…
A man has been hospitalised in southern Queensland after a falling hay bale struck him, leaving severe abdominal injuries. Aeromedical crews airlifted the patient, aged in his seventies, from a rural property at Goombungee on Sunday evening.
What the news reports confirm
A man was taken to hospital Sunday evening following a hay bale incident at a pr…
Victoria’s health and safety champions have been celebrated: WorkSafe Victoria has revealed the winners of the 2025 WorkSafe Awards, recognising individuals and organisations protecting workers across the state.
2025 WorkSafe Awards at a glance
WorkSafe Victoria announced its 2025 award recipients across a range of categories.
Resilience, creat…
Safe Work Australia is inviting feedback on potential options to enhance dispute resolution under the model work health and safety (WHS) legislation. Comment closes 17 April 2026 at 11.59 pm (AEST), which gives industry a clear window to shape reform before recommendations are finalised.
Consultation at a glance
Who is consulting: Safe Work Australia…
WorkSafe New Zealand has published a report card that highlights the horticulture industry’s potential for improvement in handling hazardous substances and ensuring machinery safety, with a specific focus on power take-off (PTO) shafts on tractors.
Report card at a glance
Inspectors assessed 659 horticulture businesses, including rural contract…
Quick answer: A NSW construction company has been fined $300,000 after a worker received an electric shock when a 16-metre steel reinforcement cage toppled into 11,000-volt powerlines during a lifting operation.
The Industrial Court of NSW has imposed a fine of $300,000 on a construction firm due to a prosecution brought forth by the state’s wor…
WorkSafe is offering free online workshops on manual handling to help Victorian businesses raise safety standards and cut preventable injuries. Live sessions cost nothing to join and zero in on hazardous manual handling — Victoria’s single biggest source of occupational harm.
Quick summary
What: No-cost online training covering hazardous…
Safe Work Australia invites comments on the Asbestos Framework Review, a national assessment of how the model WHS framework can better manage risks and drive prioritised elimination of asbestos-containing materials (ACMs). Feedback closes at 11:59 PM (AEST) on Sunday, 26 April 2026.
What the Asbestos Framework Review is assessing
The national policy…
A new campaign by WorkSafe is urging Victorian farmers to regard safety as an investment that not only protects lives but also boosts productivity and reinforces long-term success.
Short answer: WorkSafe Victoria has launched a $2.8 million awareness push telling all Victorian farmers that practical, low-cost upgrades save lives, cut downtime and stre…
Quick answer: A man in his 20s suffered a serious leg injury when his quad bike rolled over on the Western Downs in southern Queensland on Saturday morning. Rescue paramedics stabilised the rider at the scene before an airlift to hospital in Toowoomba.
Quad bike rollover on the Western Downs
News from south-west Queensland confirms a man was flown to…
New codes of practice to handle psychosocial hazards in SA workplaces come into force on 19 February, giving employers across South Australia enforceable direction on preventing psychological harm, bullying, and sexual and gender-based harassment at work.
Guesswork is replaced by a measurable management framework — one that inspectors, insurers, and c…
The NSW Resources Regulator has released its Annual mine safety performance report for 2024–25, handing the state's extractive industry a decade-long view of safety outcomes and regulatory activity.
In short: publication of the latest performance figures is useful news for site managers, health and safety representatives, and executives who need…
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