Resources
The questions I get asked most
Plain explanations of the things that come up on nearly every job. Written to the general position, with the parts that change from state to state called out as exactly that.
The model WHS Act and Victoria's OHS Act 2004
Every state and territory except Victoria has adopted the model work health and safety laws in some form. Victoria kept its own Act. If you work on both sides of the border the duties land in a similar place, and the words, the machinery and the paperwork are different enough to catch people out.
The model WHS Act and Victoria's OHS Act 2004Confined space entry on agricultural and processing sites
A confined space is a legal definition you test a space against. On farms and in processing plants the spaces that meet it are often the ones nobody thinks of that way: silos, vats, tanks, pits and tankers.
Confined space entry on agricultural and processing sitesContractor and labour hire duty of care
When several parties are working on one site, the question is not who holds the duty. More than one of you does, at the same time, for the same thing. What matters is whether you have agreed who controls what, and written it down.
Contractor and labour hire duty of careWhat a WHS management system contains
There is generally no legal requirement to own a document set called a management system. The duty is to manage risk so far as is reasonably practicable and to consult. A system is how you do that the same way twice, and how you show that you did.
What a WHS management system contains