Health and Safety Committees (HSCs) play an important role in many NSW workplaces. When they are set up and used properly, they strengthen consultation, improve risk visibility, and support better health and safety outcomes. When they are not, they become something else entirely: a forum for off‑topic debate, a substitute for management decision‑making, or worse, a place where managers attempt—intentionally or not—to offload responsibilities that the law makes clear are non-d

A recent incident highlights the critical importance of effective supervision, risk assessment, and control measures when engaging young or inexperienced workers in higher-risk environments. At a mechanical workshop, a 15-year-old work experience student was assigned a task involving the draining of a vehicle radiator. Prior to this, the vehicle had been running to assess overheating. The student was instructed to loosen a hose clamp to release pressure from the cooling sys

With the exception of the state of Victoria, all other states and territories are on the Model WHS Laws which were enacted ...

Workers have health and safety duties such as being responsible for their own health and safety and taking care around the people ...

Have you seen the video by SafeWork NSW called “A Day in the Life of a HSR”. It’s only 1 min 48 seconds long and is the result of ....

Safe Work Australia released a report called Work Health & Safety Perceptions: Manufacturing Industry in February 2015 that is...