General Enquiries
To help us answer your questions about Safe Work Australia, work health and safety or workers' compensation, please:
Email info@safeworkaustralia.gov.au, or
Call 02 6121 5317
Please note: If your enquiry relates to tickets and licenses, a workplace incident or situation, or laws and regulations you should contact your state or territory work health and safety authority.
Model Work Health and Safety Laws Enquiry
If you have any questions relating to the model work health and safety laws, please:
email model.legislation@safeworkaustralia.gov.au, or
call 02 6121 5317
Media Enquiries
If you have a media enquiry please:
email mediaenquiries@safeworkaustralia.gov.au, or
call 0434 664 294 (please note this is for journalists only).
Safe Work Australia Week enquiries
If you have an enquiry relating to Safe Work Australia Week, please email:
swaw@safeworkaustralia.gov.au.
Website enquiries
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Public comment
Draft model Work Health and Safety (WHS) Regulations and model Codes of Practice
The public comment period for the draft model WHS Regulations and model Codes of Practice closes on Monday 4 April 2011, 5PM Eastern Daylight Savings Time.
All submissions must be accompanied by the Public Comment Submission Cover Sheet.
Please note that the submission documents below are official for the purposes of the public comment process.
Issue Paper PDF Issue Paper DOC
Model Work Health and Safety Regulations PDF
Model Work Health and Safety Regulations DOC
How To Manage Work Health And Safety Risks PDF
How To Manage Work Health And Safety Risks DOC
Managing The Work Environment And Facilities PDF
Managing The Work Environment And Facilities DOC
Workplace Safety Documents
The following are links to industry publications and relevant documents. They are resources to help businesses with compliance to appropriate safety standards in industries where lifting machinery is required.
- Code_Excavation.pdf (767 KB)
- Code_Falls.pdf (2472 KB)
- Code_First_Aid.pdf (407 KB)
- Code_Manual_Handling.pdf (515 KB)
- Fall_Prevention_for_Scaffolders.pdf (165 KB)
- Falls_Prevention_in_Agriculture.pdf (1007 KB)
- Forklift_Safety.pdf (1021 KB)
- FORM524_Licence_App.pdf (659 KB)
- Form526_Licence_App.pdf (660 KB)
- Front_End_Loaders_on_Tractors.pdf (3312 KB)
- General_Duty_Of_Care.pdf (447 KB)
- Guide_Evacuation.pdf (518 KB)
- Guide_Plant_Design.pdf (474 KB)
- Guide-Isolation_of_Plant.pdf (374 KB)
- Guidelines_for_Integrating_OHS.pdf (806 KB)
- Guide-Plant_Hazards.pdf (487 KB)
- Guide-Powered_Mobile_Plant.pdf (636 KB)
- Helmets_Construction.pdf (164 KB)
- MSDS_Dec_07.pdf (318 KB)
- Multipurpose_Machine.pdf (77 KB)
- National_Standard_Lic_Persons_Performing_High_Risk_Work_2006.pdf (438 KB)
- Overhead_Power_Lines.pdf (213 KB)
- Safe_Movement_of_Vehicles.pdf (319 KB)
- Working_Alone.pdf (108 KB)
- Working_Safely_With_Forklifts.pdf (160 KB)
Working Safely at Heights
Code of Practice For Working at Heights
