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		<title>Will all States harmonise?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At the moment, four States have enacted the new Work Health and Safety Act and four States have not. So the question is &#8211; will all States agree to the new laws? And the answer from our experts is yes. If your business operates in one of the non-harmonised States (Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ohshandbook.com.au/2012/05/18/will-all-states-harmonise/</link>
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		<title>Transitioning to the WHS Act – Part 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the final instalment of the OH&#038;S Bulletins detailing the transitional principles from Safe Work Australia. These principles were designed to create a smooth changeover when the new WHS Act is adopted in each jurisdiction. Last week’s OH&#038;S Bulletins explained the first eight transitional principles: Transitional principle A: Repeal of existing WHS legislation Transitional [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ohshandbook.com.au/2012/05/16/transitioning-to-the-whs-act-part-3/</link>
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		<title>Transitioning to the WHS Act &#8211; Part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Remember that whether your jurisdiction has enacted the WHS Act already or not is not an indication of whether you should be prepared for the new laws – all jurisdictions will eventually adopt the WHS Act so this information is relevant to everyone in business in Australia. Safe Work Australia has developed some transitional principles [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ohshandbook.com.au/2012/05/11/transitioning-to-the-whs-act-part-2/</link>
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		<title>Transitioning to the WHS Act – Part 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Once again we are going to plunge into the world of the new health and safety legislation because whether the WHS Act has commenced in your jurisdiction or not, you need to know about it, understand it and do something about it. Last week we talked about transitioning over to the new model codes of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ohshandbook.com.au/2012/05/09/transitioning-to-the-whs-act-part-1/</link>
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		<title>Codes of Practice &#8211; Interpreting and transitioning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is highly recommended that if you are a duty holder under health and safety legislation, you use the codes of practice developed by Safe Work Australia to comply with your statutory obligations. In Wednesday’s OH&#038;S Bulletin we discussed what the model codes of practice are and how they can help you. Today we will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ohshandbook.com.au/2012/05/04/codes-of-practice-interpreting-and-transitioning/</link>
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		<title>Codes of Practice – What they are and why you should use them</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Safe Work Australia has developed codes of practice which support the new WHS Act and Regulations. These are largely based on existing codes and guidelines that supported the previous health and safety legislation. For people who have health and safety duties under the WHS Act, the model codes of practice aim to make it as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ohshandbook.com.au/2012/05/02/codes-of-practice-what-they-are-and-why-you-should-use-them/</link>
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		<title>Who has the PCBU&#8217;s primary duty of care?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After our discussions about who is classified as an officer over the past few OH&#038;S Bulletins, I spotted another Q&#038;A through our OH&#038;S Helpdesk service that I thought that more than one of our readers might be asking. It relates to determining what/who is a PCBU, and therefore, what/who has the primary duty of care [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ohshandbook.com.au/2012/04/27/who-has-the-pcbus-primary-duty-of-care/</link>
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		<title>How to determine who your officers are (and are not) – Part 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Continuing last week&#8217;s discussion about determining who is an officer in your company, today we consider other important members of the workforce who may or may not be an officer under that WHS Act &#8211; the rules for officers of the Crown or public authority, for example, is a bit different. &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Advertisement&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. Over the next [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ohshandbook.com.au/2012/04/24/how-to-determine-who-your-officers-are-and-are-not-part-3/</link>
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		<title>How to determine who your officers are – Part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Wednesday&#8217;s OH&#038;S Bulletin we began discussing the importance of being able to identify those workers in your company who are considered to be officers under the new WHS Act. There are a few people in your company who will automatically be determined to be officers, but there is some ambiguity around other people that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ohshandbook.com.au/2012/04/20/how-to-determine-who-your-officers-are-part-2/</link>
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		<title>How to determine who your officers are – Part 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Under the WHS Act, there is a new categorisation of person in your company &#8211; an officer. Now, while you may have an understanding of what an officer in your company is, it is not necessarily the same as determining which people in your company are considered to be officers under the WHS Act &#8211; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ohshandbook.com.au/2012/04/18/how-to-determine-who-your-officers-are-part-1/</link>
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