Safe Work Australia

Safe Work Australia leads the development of national policy to improve work health and safety and workers’ compensation arrangements across Australia.

Safe Work Australia works to:

– coordinate and develop national policy and strategies
– assist with the implementation of model work health and safety legislation and reform the legislative framework
– undertake research, and
– collect, analyse and report data.

As a national policy body Safe Work Australia does not regulate work health and safety laws. The Commonwealth, states and territories retain responsibility for regulating and enforcing work health and safety laws in their jurisdiction.