Leigh Thredgold

Safe Work Australia

Safe Work Australia leads the development of national policy to improve work health and safety and workers' compensation arrangements across Australia. It is jointly funded by the Commonwealth, state and territory governments through an Intergovernmental Agreement. 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. Safe Work Australia works to: • raise awareness of work health and safety as a key issue in the community • improve work health and safety, by understanding what influences Australian workplace cultures and then putting in place mechanisms to effect change • unify work health and safety laws throughout Australia • develop national work health and safety and workers' compensation policy, and • identify opportunities for improvement in workers' compensation arrangements. For more information visit www.swa.gov.au