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Hazards + exposures

Silica, asbestos, psychosocial risk and the exposure standards that govern them, reported as the duties the current codes actually impose and cited to the primary document.

Hazards + exposures

Eighteen months into the engineered stone ban, there is still no agreed test for engineered stone

Safe Work Australia's own review says the ban is working, and six things around it are not finished. What a duty holder still has to do about silica, benchtops and the products sold as safe.

Published 5 July 2026

Hazards + exposures

Mental health claims are up 161 per cent in a decade, and the code that answers them is already on your desk

The 14 named psychosocial hazards, the officer due diligence checklist, and the claims data that says bullying and harassment, not work pressure, is the biggest driver.

Published 5 July 2026