Governments face major challenges when addressing the issue of workplace health and safety, and there is sharply divided opinion over the appropriate legislative response to industrial deaths and accidents. Any policy has to consider the effects upon industry and investment as well as the effect upon the workforce. Kim Haines, Thomas John and Malcolm Park...

This report reviewed and made recommendations for the improvement of the Western Australia's occupational safety and health framework that applies to issues arising from extended working hours.

The paper outlines the systems used in Queensland, and suggests a possible approach to land-use planning for hazardous establishments that incorporates the ideas of total risk management.