The driver of the vehicle involved has been taken to Maitland Hospital for mandatory testing. Police from the Port Stephens-Hunter Police District have established a crime scene and are conducting an investigation into the circumstances surrounding this tragic event. SafeWork NSW has also been
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The driver of the vehicle involved has been taken to Maitland Hospital for mandatory testing. Police from the Port Stephens-Hunter Police District have established a crime scene and are conducting an investigation into the circumstances surrounding this tragic event. SafeWork NSW has also been
We were pleased to be part of the SafeWork SA Workplace Health and Safety Inspectors Forum this week with Kirrilly Thompson @drkirrilly.bsky.social sharing research on Alcohol and other Drugs (AOD) in the workplace.
For lots of AOD workplace resources, go to worklife.flinders.edu.au
For lots of AOD workplace resources, go to worklife.flinders.edu.au
November 5, 2025 at 11:52 PM
We were pleased to be part of the SafeWork SA Workplace Health and Safety Inspectors Forum this week with Kirrilly Thompson @drkirrilly.bsky.social sharing research on Alcohol and other Drugs (AOD) in the workplace.
For lots of AOD workplace resources, go to worklife.flinders.edu.au
For lots of AOD workplace resources, go to worklife.flinders.edu.au
SafeWork NSW with their investigation into this tragic event that has deeply affected both families involved and the wider mining community.
October 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
SafeWork NSW with their investigation into this tragic event that has deeply affected both families involved and the wider mining community.
Recruitment agencies lack strict oversight. 🚨 Fee caps & bans on bonded contracts are omitted, & foreign employers face no inspections or liability for hazards. 🏭 This risks debt bondage & unsafe sites, violating ILO standards. 🧑⚖️ #FairRecruitment #SafeWork
October 29, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Recruitment agencies lack strict oversight. 🚨 Fee caps & bans on bonded contracts are omitted, & foreign employers face no inspections or liability for hazards. 🏭 This risks debt bondage & unsafe sites, violating ILO standards. 🧑⚖️ #FairRecruitment #SafeWork
SafeWork New South Wales will investigate the death of a man who died while working on a dam in the NSW Central West.
Worker's body recovered after canoe capsizes on farm dam
SafeWork New South Wales will investigate the death of a man who died while working on a dam in the NSW Central West.
www.abc.net.au
October 21, 2025 at 5:38 AM
SafeWork New South Wales will investigate the death of a man who died while working on a dam in the NSW Central West.
SafeWork are going to go ape when they see this
I spend a year plotting a mystery novel and then this happens.
October 20, 2025 at 8:15 AM
SafeWork are going to go ape when they see this
Ongoing pandemic stats revealed Cooks had the highest death rate, as:
- Covid-laden air drawn into the kitchen via the front of the restaurant
- kitchen air has inflammation inducing nasties (PM2.5 & Vocs}
SafeWork Oz oblivious
apple.news/AazWpPyotQrq...
- Covid-laden air drawn into the kitchen via the front of the restaurant
- kitchen air has inflammation inducing nasties (PM2.5 & Vocs}
SafeWork Oz oblivious
apple.news/AazWpPyotQrq...
Australia's deadliest industries revealed in new Safe Work Australia report — 9news.com.au
Just six industries were home to 80 per cent of deaths in the workplace last year.
apple.news
October 17, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Ongoing pandemic stats revealed Cooks had the highest death rate, as:
- Covid-laden air drawn into the kitchen via the front of the restaurant
- kitchen air has inflammation inducing nasties (PM2.5 & Vocs}
SafeWork Oz oblivious
apple.news/AazWpPyotQrq...
- Covid-laden air drawn into the kitchen via the front of the restaurant
- kitchen air has inflammation inducing nasties (PM2.5 & Vocs}
SafeWork Oz oblivious
apple.news/AazWpPyotQrq...
Air purifiers are a safety item specifically ineligible for the $1,000 SafeWork NSW small business rebate
They would help protect workers from asbestos, silica dust, mould, PM2.5, microplastics, pollen PLUS airborne diseases such as legionnaires, Covid, Flu, RSV, TB, measles etc
They would help protect workers from asbestos, silica dust, mould, PM2.5, microplastics, pollen PLUS airborne diseases such as legionnaires, Covid, Flu, RSV, TB, measles etc
October 15, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Air purifiers are a safety item specifically ineligible for the $1,000 SafeWork NSW small business rebate
They would help protect workers from asbestos, silica dust, mould, PM2.5, microplastics, pollen PLUS airborne diseases such as legionnaires, Covid, Flu, RSV, TB, measles etc
They would help protect workers from asbestos, silica dust, mould, PM2.5, microplastics, pollen PLUS airborne diseases such as legionnaires, Covid, Flu, RSV, TB, measles etc
(There are a bunch of jurisdictions -meant in both the type of law and the country/state/type of court - where this gets fuzzy. For instance, Safework NSW initiates proceedings for “employer fucked up badly”, and the whole point of this structure is that it is considered good if the state govt can
October 9, 2025 at 8:34 AM
(There are a bunch of jurisdictions -meant in both the type of law and the country/state/type of court - where this gets fuzzy. For instance, Safework NSW initiates proceedings for “employer fucked up badly”, and the whole point of this structure is that it is considered good if the state govt can
Happy National Safe Work Month!
This year’s theme, safety: every job, every day, encourages all workplaces to prioritise safety in their job every day.
Download SafeWork resources: https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/national-safe-work-month/resource-hub
This year’s theme, safety: every job, every day, encourages all workplaces to prioritise safety in their job every day.
Download SafeWork resources: https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/national-safe-work-month/resource-hub
October 2, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Happy National Safe Work Month!
This year’s theme, safety: every job, every day, encourages all workplaces to prioritise safety in their job every day.
Download SafeWork resources: https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/national-safe-work-month/resource-hub
This year’s theme, safety: every job, every day, encourages all workplaces to prioritise safety in their job every day.
Download SafeWork resources: https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/national-safe-work-month/resource-hub
📰BREAKING📰
SafeWork NSW has stepped in to force Macquarie University to make work health and safety improvements to their consultation on proposed workplace changes.
Thanks to NTEU members at MQ who spoke out about the harm of workplace changes to staff mental health and wellbeing.
SafeWork NSW has stepped in to force Macquarie University to make work health and safety improvements to their consultation on proposed workplace changes.
Thanks to NTEU members at MQ who spoke out about the harm of workplace changes to staff mental health and wellbeing.
October 2, 2025 at 5:33 AM
📰BREAKING📰
SafeWork NSW has stepped in to force Macquarie University to make work health and safety improvements to their consultation on proposed workplace changes.
Thanks to NTEU members at MQ who spoke out about the harm of workplace changes to staff mental health and wellbeing.
SafeWork NSW has stepped in to force Macquarie University to make work health and safety improvements to their consultation on proposed workplace changes.
Thanks to NTEU members at MQ who spoke out about the harm of workplace changes to staff mental health and wellbeing.
📢 Safework NSW is investigating after a 57-year-old man was killed in a forklift accident in the eastern suburbs of Sydney.
👉 More news/weather bots
👉 More news/weather bots
Man dies in forklift accident in Sydney
www.theage.com.au
September 22, 2025 at 9:44 AM
📢 Safework NSW is investigating after a 57-year-old man was killed in a forklift accident in the eastern suburbs of Sydney.
👉 More news/weather bots
👉 More news/weather bots
📢 Safework NSW is investigating after a 57-year-old man was killed in a forklift accident in the eastern suburbs of Sydney.
Man dies in forklift accident in Sydney
www.smh.com.au
September 22, 2025 at 9:44 AM
NSW's Health and Safety agency ordered University of Technology Sydney to pause its plan to cut jobs due to the psychological impact it would have on employees.
https://www.hcamag.com/au/specialisation/industrial-relations/safework-nsw-orders-uts-to-pause-job-cut-plans/548365
https://www.hcamag.com/au/specialisation/industrial-relations/safework-nsw-orders-uts-to-pause-job-cut-plans/548365
September 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
NSW's Health and Safety agency ordered University of Technology Sydney to pause its plan to cut jobs due to the psychological impact it would have on employees.
https://www.hcamag.com/au/specialisation/industrial-relations/safework-nsw-orders-uts-to-pause-job-cut-plans/548365
https://www.hcamag.com/au/specialisation/industrial-relations/safework-nsw-orders-uts-to-pause-job-cut-plans/548365
Custom Bus Group has been fined $170,000 in the District Court of NSW as a result of a prosecution by SafeWork NSW.
westernweekender.com.au/2025/09/st-m...
westernweekender.com.au/2025/09/st-m...
St Marys bus manufacturer fined over forklift incident • The Western Weekender
Custom Bus Group has been fined $170,000 in the District Court of NSW as a result of a prosecution by SafeWork NSW.
westernweekender.com.au
September 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Custom Bus Group has been fined $170,000 in the District Court of NSW as a result of a prosecution by SafeWork NSW.
westernweekender.com.au/2025/09/st-m...
westernweekender.com.au/2025/09/st-m...
SafeWork NSW issued its first prohibition notice on psychological safety grounds to University of Technology Sydney, ordering the management to halt planned job cuts temporarily… satpa.pe/5MS5g9i
UTS’s dirty laundry
SafeWork NSW’s first prohibition notice on the grounds of psychological safety, made against staff cuts at University of Technology Sydney, is emblematic of a higher education sector in meltdown.
satpa.pe
September 18, 2025 at 1:15 AM
SafeWork NSW issued its first prohibition notice on psychological safety grounds to University of Technology Sydney, ordering the management to halt planned job cuts temporarily… satpa.pe/5MS5g9i
SafeWork accused of failing to act on dangerous hospital understaffing
If health workers & patients masked, there would be less understaffing, & fewer risks to patients from HAI from airborne viruses.
Lack of masking itself warrants SafeWork action
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
If health workers & patients masked, there would be less understaffing, & fewer risks to patients from HAI from airborne viruses.
Lack of masking itself warrants SafeWork action
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
September 14, 2025 at 7:46 AM
SafeWork accused of failing to act on dangerous hospital understaffing
If health workers & patients masked, there would be less understaffing, & fewer risks to patients from HAI from airborne viruses.
Lack of masking itself warrants SafeWork action
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
If health workers & patients masked, there would be less understaffing, & fewer risks to patients from HAI from airborne viruses.
Lack of masking itself warrants SafeWork action
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
‘Live risk of serious injury, death’: SafeWork accused of failing to act at Northern Beaches Hospital
Doctors at Northern Beaches Hospital have raised the alarm over dangerous understaffing, which puts patients at risk of
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Doctors at Northern Beaches Hospital have raised the alarm over dangerous understaffing, which puts patients at risk of
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
‘Live risk of serious injury, death’: SafeWork accused of failing to act at Northern Beaches Hospital
Doctors at Northern Beaches Hospital have raised the alarm over dangerous understaffing, which puts patients at risk of medical errors in the emergency department and wards.
www.smh.com.au
September 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
‘Live risk of serious injury, death’: SafeWork accused of failing to act at Northern Beaches Hospital
Doctors at Northern Beaches Hospital have raised the alarm over dangerous understaffing, which puts patients at risk of
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Doctors at Northern Beaches Hospital have raised the alarm over dangerous understaffing, which puts patients at risk of
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
SafeWork NSW issued its first prohibition notice on psychological safety grounds to University of Technology Sydney, ordering the management to halt planned job cuts temporarily… satpa.pe/nOPMs11
UTS’s dirty laundry
SafeWork NSW’s first prohibition notice on the grounds of psychological safety, made against staff cuts at University of Technology Sydney, is emblematic of a higher education sector in meltdown.
satpa.pe
September 13, 2025 at 10:21 PM
SafeWork NSW issued its first prohibition notice on psychological safety grounds to University of Technology Sydney, ordering the management to halt planned job cuts temporarily… satpa.pe/nOPMs11
Unfortunately, the future that SafeWork NSW seeks to prevent at UTS is the current reality for many at #ANU.
It's not just the cuts themselves, but the way they've been implemented and additional damage done.
We'd like to see Comcare be a more active regulator in this space.
It's not just the cuts themselves, but the way they've been implemented and additional damage done.
We'd like to see Comcare be a more active regulator in this space.
It is no surprise that employer groups don't agree with this.
WHS legislation recognises a divergence of interests - employees value their health more than employer profits.
@nteunion.bsky.social is currently exploring its applicability to Comcare and #ANU.
WHS legislation recognises a divergence of interests - employees value their health more than employer profits.
@nteunion.bsky.social is currently exploring its applicability to Comcare and #ANU.
SafeWork halt on UTS job cuts raises questions of regulatory overreach
SafeWork NSW is redrawing the boundaries of employer responsibility by declaring that corporate restructuring can inflict serious psychological harm on workers.
www.afr.com
September 5, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Unfortunately, the future that SafeWork NSW seeks to prevent at UTS is the current reality for many at #ANU.
It's not just the cuts themselves, but the way they've been implemented and additional damage done.
We'd like to see Comcare be a more active regulator in this space.
It's not just the cuts themselves, but the way they've been implemented and additional damage done.
We'd like to see Comcare be a more active regulator in this space.
SafeWork order says UTS gave staff no time to prepare for meetings and promised “additional supports” with no explanation how to access them. It had been doing a risk assessment of psychosocial risks but scheduled meetings before considering the feedback. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/irrecon...
‘Irreconcilable’ pressures as watchdog derails UTS restructure
Vice-chancellor feels ‘pulled in different directions’ as health concerns force pause in job cuts plans he says are needed to break even
www.timeshighereducation.com
September 4, 2025 at 11:22 PM
SafeWork order says UTS gave staff no time to prepare for meetings and promised “additional supports” with no explanation how to access them. It had been doing a risk assessment of psychosocial risks but scheduled meetings before considering the feedback. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/irrecon...
SafeWork stop order coincided with discussion paper to strengthen TEQSA’s powers so agency can “act quickly in response to acute risks which can evolve suddenly and have serious impacts on students”, such as “serious financial risks.” www.timeshighereducation.com/news/irrecon...
‘Irreconcilable’ pressures as watchdog derails UTS restructure
Vice-chancellor feels ‘pulled in different directions’ as health concerns force pause in job cuts plans he says are needed to break even
www.timeshighereducation.com
September 4, 2025 at 11:18 PM
SafeWork stop order coincided with discussion paper to strengthen TEQSA’s powers so agency can “act quickly in response to acute risks which can evolve suddenly and have serious impacts on students”, such as “serious financial risks.” www.timeshighereducation.com/news/irrecon...
SafeWork NSW said meetings to discuss change proposal which could cost 150 jobs would have exposed staff to “imminent risk of psychological harm” and the workers had been “distressed” by the unexpected meeting invitations and their “finalistic” language. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/irrecon...
‘Irreconcilable’ pressures as watchdog derails UTS restructure
Vice-chancellor feels ‘pulled in different directions’ as health concerns force pause in job cuts plans he says are needed to break even
www.timeshighereducation.com
September 4, 2025 at 11:16 PM
SafeWork NSW said meetings to discuss change proposal which could cost 150 jobs would have exposed staff to “imminent risk of psychological harm” and the workers had been “distressed” by the unexpected meeting invitations and their “finalistic” language. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/irrecon...
i find this very interesting as a development as this is the same legislation under which safework nsw found usyd to have created an "unsafe" environment for jews. now the logic has swung around - with the corporatised university found to be "unsafe" in carrying out its redundancies
September 4, 2025 at 3:12 AM
i find this very interesting as a development as this is the same legislation under which safework nsw found usyd to have created an "unsafe" environment for jews. now the logic has swung around - with the corporatised university found to be "unsafe" in carrying out its redundancies