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WEBSITES

Below are some useful web sites for Risk Management and Occupational Health and Safety practitioners that will assist in research and understanding legal requirements.

Accident Compensation Conciliation Service
ACT Legal Information Institute
ACT Work Cover 
Australian Council of Trade Unions 
Australian Industry Group 
Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists 
Business Channel 
COMCARE (Commonwealth Government)
CTH Legal Information Institute
DTIR Workplace - Health and Safety (Queensland) 
Ergonomics Society of Australia 
Hansard (Vic Parliamentary Debates) 
Head of Workers' Compensation Authorities 
Health and Medical Research Council 
National Certification Working Group 
National Road Transport Commission 
National Safety Council of Australia 
New South Wales Legal Information Institute
New South Wales WorkCover Authority
New Zealand Legal Information Institute
Northern Territory Legal Information Institute
Northern Territory Work Health Authority 
Occupational Health & Safety Sites
OHS Reps - Networking for Safer Workplaces
Online resource for Health
Queensland Legal Information Institute
Queensland WorkCover Authority 
Safety Institute of Australia 
South Australia Legal Information Institute
South Australia WorkCover Authority
Tasmanian Legal Information Institute

Victorian Employers Chamber of Commerce and Industry 
Victorian Government Homepage 
Victorian Injury Prevention Committee 
Victorian Legal Information Institute
Victorian Legislation & Parliamentary Documents Repositories 
Victorian Trades Hall Council 
Victorian WorkCover Authority
Western Australia Legal Information Institute
Western Australia WorkCover Authority
Western Australia WorkSafe
WorkCover Corporation of South Australia 
Workplace Services Division (ERIC) - South Australia 
National Occupational Health and Safety Commission (NOHSC) 
NOHSC Online Statistics Interactive 
WorkSafe Australia 
WorkCover Tasmania
Workplace Standards Tasmania


 


Accident Compensation Corporation - New Zealand 
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
New Zealand's Health & Safety Net
The Swedish Occupational Safety and Health Administration
US Department of Labor
Workers Compensation Research Institute


LEGISLATIONS

The Act is designed to provide a broad framework which allows employers and employees to be flexible in their approach to achieving the standards set in the legislation. The substantive legislative provisions are limited to stating objectives and general duties and providing the machinery to establish a framework for standards development and enforcement.
Like the Act itself, Regulations impose obligations that must be complied with and that are enforceable when contravened.

Accident Compensation Act 1985
Dangerous Goods Act 1985
Equipment (Public Safety) Act 1994
Mines Act 1958
Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004

Road Transport Reform (Dangerous Goods) Act 1995 (Commonwealth) 

Workers Compensation Act 1958

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