The Construction Contracts Act 2004 (the Act) commenced operation on 1 January 2005. The Act provides a means for the rapid adjudication of payment disputes for parties to a contract for the carrying...

In August 2022, a worker in a cafe kitchen suffered burns when an aerosol can of cooking oil was inadvertently dropped into a deep fryer of hot oil. The aerosol can had been placed on a trolley next...

This Information sheet - focus on compliance, provides an overview of incident data relating to vehicle rollovers on WA mine sites from 1 January 2017 to 30 May 2022 and identifies four areas of...

The exemption is subject to the following conditions which must be followed. The exemption only applies to the removal of non-friable asbestos containing material. The exemption is only applicable in...

McGowan Government delivers progress report on response to Parliamentary Inquiry into sexual harassment of women in the fly-in, fly-out mining industry.

This guidebook is written to assist current and future parties that are using, or will use, retention money as a method of performance security to understand their rights and obligations under the...

What is the Retention Trust Scheme? The Building and Construction Industry (Security of Payment) Act 2021 establishes a retention trust scheme to better protect retention money such as cash security...

This application is for persons seeking to be recognised as a ‘competent person’ under the Work Health and Safety (General) Regulations 2022 (WHS Regulations) to conduct inspections of; r. 235(1B) (b...

This application is for a person seeking to be recognised as a ‘competent person’ to conduct plant design verification under the Work Health and Safety (General) Regulations 2022. If an applicant has...

Under the Work Health and Safety (General) Regulations 2022, clearance inspections must be conducted for all licensed asbestos removal work and a written clearance certificate must be issued before...