This Member Advice provides important information about:

• Upcoming Australian Industry Group events related to WHS:

• National Employers Work Health and Safety Summit (NEWHS)
• Legislative change:
• New South Wales:
• New and revoked Work Health and Safety Codes of Practice
• South Australia:
• Definition of high-risk construction work amended (fall from height)
• Workers’ Compensation - expanded presumptive provisions for firefighters
• Tasmania:
• Adoption of the model Code of Practice – Healthcare and social assistance
• Queensland:
• New safety management framework for road-based public passenger services
• Safe Work Australia – Model Work Health and Safety Laws:
• Code of Practice: Elevating Work Platforms
• Inquiries and public consultation:
• Safe Work Australia: Consultation on asbestos framework review
• Comcare: Review of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act
• Decommissioning of the People at Work (PAW) Survey
• Publications or resources of interest:
• Safe Work Australia
• Victoria
• Australian Government
• Opportunities to engage in policy discussions that are not public comment processes.