This Compliance Advice provides information about Safety and Workers’ Compensation issues:

• Important COVID-19 update: amended government advice on the wearing of masks in Victoria’s Restricted Areas; reminder on COVID-19 Working from Home legal directions still in place in Victoria and New South Wales and requirements for COVID-19 Safety Plans; and information about workers’ compensation for COVID-19 cases.
• Respirable Crystalline Silica: reduced exposure standards now effective in most jurisdictions.
• Consultation is underway on the draft Asbestos-Cement (AC) Water and Sewer Pipe Management Guidelines. Submissions will be accepted until 7 August 2020.
• Victoria: Dangerous Goods: current compliance activity and review of legislation.
• Queensland: changes to WHS Act Right of Entry Provisions and increased penalties for some offences.
• Western Australia: draft OSH Codes of Practice for consultation: Occupational Diving closes on 28 August; and Violence and Aggression at Work closes on 23 September 2020.