Model Work Health and Safety Act
LegislationReferenced in 4 bills
Work Health and Safety and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2015
This bill restores workplace safety protections that were wound back in 2014 and re-establishes key electrical safety oversight bodies. It gives trained health and safety representatives the power to order unsafe work to stop, lets union safety inspectors enter workplaces immediately to investigate suspected breaches, and requires employers to notify the regulator when a worker is off for more than four days due to injury.
Heavy Vehicle National Law and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2016
This bill overhauls heavy vehicle safety laws to make every party in the transport chain — not just drivers — legally responsible for safe operations, with jail terms of up to 5 years for reckless conduct. It also sets up the legal framework for Queensland's $100 million assistance package for taxi and limousine licence holders affected by ride-share competition, plus makes a range of administrative improvements to trucking regulation.
Heavy Vehicle National Law and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2018
This bill strengthens safety obligations for heavy vehicle businesses, increases penalties for driving offences that cause death or serious injury, and introduces several road safety improvements. It also establishes a national database of heavy vehicles and facilitates the transition from the Federal Interstate Registration Scheme to state-based registration.
Heavy Vehicle National Law and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2016
This bill proposed two big changes: overhauling heavy vehicle safety law to make every party in the transport chain share a 'primary duty of care' with tough new penalties; and setting up the legal framework for $100 million in financial assistance to taxi and limousine licence holders after Queensland deregulated personalised transport. The bill was withdrawn and did not become law in this form — similar heavy vehicle reforms were passed in 2018.