As part of its evaluation of Workplace Exposure Standards for airborne contaminants (WES), Safe Work Australia has released for comment…[Read More]
Dangerous goods storage and handling
Safe Work Australia update
Published: February 21, 2020
Safe Work Australia has advised that some entries in the Hazardous Chemical Information System are not displaying correctly at the…[Read More]
Adoption of Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) Revision 7 for workplace hazardous chemicals – 1 July 2020
Published: February 7, 2020
Safe Work Australia Members have agreed to adopt the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) Revision…[Read More]
HAVE YOUR SAY! Draft legislation for the National Standard for Environmental Risk Management of Industrial Chemicals
Published: February 7, 2020
Consultation is now open on a draft legislation package for the National Standard for Environmental Risk Management of Industrial Chemicals…[Read More]
HAVE YOUR SAY! Workplace exposure standards releases 10 and 11
Published: February 7, 2020
As part of its evaluation of Workplace Exposure Standards for airborne contaminants, Safe Work Australia has released for comment:WES review…[Read More]
Final industrial chemicals rules and guidelines released
Published: December 6, 2019
The National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS) has released the final Industrial Chemicals General Rules, Categorisation Guidelines and…[Read More]
Workplace exposure standards release 8: Have your say!
Published: November 29, 2019
As part of its evaluation of Workplace Exposure Standards for airborne contaminants, Safe Work Australia has released for comment Release…[Read More]
WorkSafe Victoria interactive tool to identify asbestos
Published: November 29, 2019
WorkSafe Victoria has released an interactive tool to help the businesses and home owners identify where asbestos might be presentThis…[Read More]
Reminder: Transition period to fluorine-free firefighting foams ends on 30 January
Published: November 29, 2019
The South Australian Environment Protection Authority is reminding businesses that the grace period for transitioning from fluorinated to fluorine-free firefighting…[Read More]
EPA releases assessment of West Footscray/Tottenham fire site waste online
Published: November 22, 2019
The Victorian EPA has released online an assessment of onsite contamination following the fire in West Footscray/Tottenham that occurred in…[Read More]
