This Member Advice provides important information about:

• Upcoming WHS and workers’ compensation webinars for members.
• Regulators publish new WHS strategies in NSW and WA – outlining the focus of their compliance and enforcement activities.
• Workers’ Compensation premium news for 2024/25.
• Legislative Changes:
  
  • Commonwealth – Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Legislation Amendment (Safety and Other Measures) Bill 2024.
  • South Australia – Work Health and Safety (Review Recommendations) Amendment Bill 2024.  
  • Victoria – Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Regulations 2024
  • Western Australia – Rules for Conciliation and Arbitration 2024
  • Northern Territory – Psychosocial Codes adopted. 
• Bills before Parliament:
  
  • Queensland – Electrical Safety and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024, which includes amendments to the Work Health and Safety Act and the Safety in Recreational Water Activities Act.
  • New South Wales – Work Health and Safety Amendment (Industrial Manslaughter) Bill 2024.
  • Tasmania – Work Health and Safety Amendment (Industrial Manslaughter) Bill 2024
• Inquiries and public comment
  
  • National – Discussion paper: Review of crane licensing
• Publications of interest: 
  
  • Western Australia – Worst hazards in Western Australian workplaces.
• Opportunities to engage in policy discussions that are not public comment processes.