This Member Advice provides important information about:

  • Upcoming Australian Industry Group events:
    • National Employers Work Health and Safety (NEWHS) Summit.
  • Legislative change:
    • Victoria: Two Bills propose major overhaul of dangerous goods regulation.
    • New South Wales: Mines new ancillary requirement after certain vehicle/mobile plant collisions. 
    • New South Wales: Four new Work Health and Safety Codes of Practice approved as part of the legacy Code review.
    • Western Australia: Updated Code of Practice – Managing the risk of falls in housing construction (2026).
  • Inquiries and public consultation:
    • Safe Work Australia: Improving work health and safety for crowd platform workers.
    • National: Calls for submissions – Draft national guideline on end of life lithium-ion battery management.
  • Publications or resources of interest:
    • Safe Work Australia: New resources on managing gender-based violence risk in construction workplaces.
    • New South Wales: State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SIRA) Return to Work Roadmap.
  • Opportunities to engage in policy discussions that are not public commentprocesses, with a list of active discussions.

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