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Queensland Safe Work Awards now open for nominations 20 May 2013
The Queensland Safe Work Awards are now open for nominations, with three new categories in this year's line up.
Read more...Getting help with safety 13 May 2013
WHSQ have released a "Getting help with safety" information sheet. Read more...
Worker definition tabled in Parliament 01 May 2013
The Queensland Government has tabled a Bill in Parliament proposing a change from 1 July 2013 to the definition of ‘worker’ for the purposes of workers’ compensation. Read more...
Media release - Proposed worker definition changes to reduce red tape 01 May 2013
WorkCover Queensland supports the worker definition tabled in Parliament. Read more...
Safety first for Queenslanders 30 Apr 2013
Congratulations to the Queensland businesses who were recognised in the National Safe Work Awards. Read more...
Young workers – a burning issue for Australian workplaces 29 Apr 2013
A fifth of all work-related injuries experienced by Australian workers were incurred by workers aged 25 years and under. Read more...
Work health planning guide now available 17 Apr 2013
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland has released an interactive work health planning guide to assist businesses to improve the health and wellbeing of workers in a workplace setting. Read more...
Forum for the mining industry - Thursday 18 April 09 Apr 2013
Join us for a mining industry forum focused on developing strategies to prevent and better manage workplace injuries. Read more...
Mental stress costs Australian businesses more than $10 billion per year 09 Apr 2013
Safe Work Australia has released its first report on work-related mental stress and its associated costs based on an analysis of Australian workers’ compensation claims data from 2008-09 to 2010-11. Read more...
New employer performance summary feature 09 Apr 2013
WorkCover Queensland has released a new performance summary feature for employers registered with Employer online to help them easily identify injury hot spots in terms of nature and location of an injury. Read more...