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WHS Tracker — Week 39 of 2026

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Comcare publishes work-related suicide prevention and response guidance
Ten weeks until Workplace Exposure Limits replace Workplace Exposure Standards
Last day to comment on health and air monitoring rules for hazardous chemicals
National Safe Work Month activity kit released ahead of October
John Holland's second Commonwealth charge heads to the Downing Centre next month
Fewer WHS prosecutions in 2025, but the average penalty hit a record high
Resources Regulator publishes its April to June 2026 quarterly safety report
Underground mines: should filter self-rescuers be replaced?
Mines and petroleum sites: two weeks left on plant registration and licensing reform
Digital Work Systems duty still waiting on the entry-permit guidelines
Worker crushed against pallet racking by a load that dislodged from a reach stacker
Solar installer convicted on ten charges after four rooftop sites in seven months
Crane company charged after a chain touched 22kV and arc-flashed four workers
Myer and GeekPlus robot fatality charges reach their first hearing next Monday
Workplace Protection Orders Act 2026 is now law for retail and transport workers
RSHQ alert after a worker was struck by a drift runner he had just fallen from
Six contraband ignition sources found underground in 2026, after none since 2012
Electrical Safety Regulation 2026: which regulation applies to a notice issued now
Seven approved Queensland codes of practice varied on the same day
Fireworks company fined for exceeding its stored explosive quantity by 208kg
Nine days left on the falls from height transition for WA construction
WorkSafe WA's six prosecutions over four 2024 deaths are now before the courts
Statutory review of the WHS Act 2020 heads for its report
SafeWork SA's five portals become one from today
School charged over a hammer throw ball that struck a student in the head
Two pastoral companies charged after a mustering pilot died without the right endorsement
Juice manufacturer charged after a UHT airlock ceiling collapsed under two workers
South Australia's first industrial manslaughter prosecution is still before the court
Mines Work Health and Safety (Supplementary Requirements) Regulations 2026 in development
New exposure limits reach Tasmanian workplaces in ten weeks
Model law amendments on notifications and crane licences await Tasmanian adoption
NI2026-340 is the instrument that actually changed the ACT's exposure standards
Aluminium welding fume exposure standard cut fivefold
WorkSafe ACT tells PCBUs to reassess airborne exposures before WELs arrive
PCBUs reminded that facilities duties extend to workers who menstruate
Improvised lift with an excavator quick-hitch lug amputates a worker's thumb
Electrical Safety Act 2022 amendments abolish the Discipline Committee
National Safe Work Month speakers confirmed for the Territory
First tranche of guidance lands for the 1 April 2027 HSWA changes
Two manufacturers complete $490,000 of enforceable undertakings instead of prosecution
Inspectors head to beef and lamb farms and residential builds from October
DR AS 2550.2:2026 — Cranes, hoists and winches, Safe use, Part 2: Serial hoists and winches
DR AS ISO 7240.1:2026 — Fire detection and alarm systems, Part 1: General and definitions
DR AS 7240.7:2026 — Fire detection and alarm systems, Part 7: Point type smoke detectors
DR AS 5359:2026 — The storage and handling of hydrogen
DR AS 3640:2026 and DR AS 2985:2026 — Workplace atmospheres, inhalable and respirable dust
DR AS 5414:2026 — Bushfire water spray systems
Standards Australia is closing its Training platform, new enrolments already stopped
Used lithium batteries: free guidance on safe packaging and transport by road and rail

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