House of Representatives Committees

Appendix F – OHS administering organisations

Table indicating the range of organisations involved in administering and policing OHS and workers’ compensation (WC)

Referred to in paragraph 4.83

Jurisdiction

Administering organisation and its accountability

Commonwealth

The Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission, Comcare and Australian Safety and Compensation Council (from August 2005) [WC and OHS] - responsible to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations

Seafarers

Seacare Authority [WC and OHS] - reports to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations

New South Wales

WorkCover Authority of NSW (WorkCover NSW) [WC and OHS] - responsible to the Minister for Commerce

Victoria

Victorian WorkCover Authority [WC and OHS]. WorkSafe Victoria is the VWA’s OHS arm - responsible to the Minister for WorkCover who is also the Minister for Industrial Relations (Department of Industry and Regional Development).

Queensland

Division of Workplace Health and Safety [OHS] – a division of the Department of Industrial Relations - responsible to the Minister for Industrial Relations

Western Australia

WorkSafe Division [OHS] of the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection (IR is included in the portfolio) - responsible to the Minister for Consumer and Employment Protection

South Australia

WorkCover Corporation [WC and OHS] - responsible to the Minister for Industrial Relations Enforcement by Workplace Services [OHS] division of the Department of Administrative and Information Services (Workplace [industrial] Relations is included in the portfolio).

Tasmania

WorkCover Tasmania [WC and OHS] - responsible to the Minister for Infrastructure (Industrial Relations is included in the portfolio). Enforcement is by Workplace Standards Tasmania [OHS] within the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources.

ACT

ACT WorkCover [WC and OHS] - responsible to the Minister for Industrial Relations

NT

Northern Territory Work Health Authority [WC and OHS]. NT WorkSafe is the OHS arm of the Authority - responsible to the Minister for Employment Education and Training


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