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WorkplaceHealthandSafety ElectricalSafetyOffice Workers'CompensationRegulator

BestpracticereviewofWorkplaceHealthandSafetyQueensland

On5April2017,theHonourableGraceGraceMP,MinisterforEmploymentandIndustrialRelations,MinisterforRacingand MinisterforMulticulturalAffairs,announcedthatabestpracticereviewofWorkplaceHealthandSafetyQueensland  (WHSQ)shouldbeundertakeninresponsethetragicfatalitiesatDreamworldandanEagleFarmworksitein2016. Underthetermsofreferenceforthereview,thereviewerwasaskedtoconsiderWHSQ'seffectivenessinlightofcontemporary regulatorypractice.ThisincludedreviewingallWHSQ'sfunctionsincludinginspections,investigations,prosecutions,enforceable undertakings,research,strategyandpolicydevelopment,informationandeducationandawarenesscampaigns.Thereviewalso consideredspecificissuessuchaswhetheranoffenceof'grossnegligencecausingdeath'shouldbeintroducedandwhether currentpenaltylevelsundertheworkhealthandsafetylawsactasasufficientdeterrenttononcompliance. Thereviewandsubsequentrecommendationsspecificallyconsidered: 1.theappropriatenessofWHSQ'sComplianceandEnforcementPolicy 2.theeffectivenessofWHSQ'scomplianceregime,enforcementactivities,anddisputeresolutionprocesses 3.WHSQseffectivenessinrelationtoprovidingcomplianceinformationandpromotingworkhealthandsafetyawarenessand education 4.theappropriatenessandeffectivenessoftheadministrationofpublicsafetymattersbyWHSQ 5.anyfurthermeasuresthatcanbetakentodiscourageunsafeworkpractices,includingtheintroductionanewoffenceof grossnegligencecausingdeathaswellasincreasingexistingpenaltiesforworkrelateddeathsandseriousinjuries. Anindependentreviewer,MrTimLyons,wasappointedbytheHonourableGraceGraceMP,MinisterforEmploymentand IndustrialRelations,MinisterforRacingandMinisterforMulticulturalAffairstoundertakethebestpracticereviewandtoconsider andreportonanypotentialmeasures,bothoperationalandlegislative,thatcouldbetakentoaddressthemattersraisedinthe termsofreference.Thereviewerwassupportedbyatripartitereferencegroupwhichprovidedcommentaryandadviceonthe matterstobeconsideredaspartofthereview. TheGovernmentreceivedthereportfromMrLyonswhichmade58recommendations,themajorityofwhichrelatetooperational improvementsforWHSQortheWHSBoard. ReadtheBestpracticereviewofWorkplaceHealthandSafetyQueenslandfinalreport(PDF,2237.21KB). TherecommendationsweresupportedinfullbytheGovernmentexceptfortwothathavebeenreferredtotheWHSBoardfor furtherconsideration.On22August2017theGovernmentintroducedanamendmentbilltoParliament  toimplementthe legislativerecommendationsarisingfromtheReview.

Lastupdated 22August2017

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