The Federal Safety Commissioner works with industry and government stakeholders towards achieving the highest possible workplace health and safety standards on Australian building and construction projects.​​​

We are New South Wales’ workplace health and safety regulator. We offer advice on improving work health and safety, provide licences and registration for potentially dangerous work, investigate workplace incidents and enforce work health and safety laws in NSW.

SWA is an Australian government statutory body established in 2008 to develop national policy relating to WHS and workers’ compensation.

Members are advised that on 27 June 2025, the NSW Parliament passed the Industrial Relations and Other Legislation Amendment (Workplace Protections) Bill 2025 (NSW) (Workplace Protections Bill).

The Workplace Protections Bill introduces significant changes to industrial relations and work health and safety laws in NSW including those relevant to exercise of a right of entry and prosecutions brought under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW) (WHS Act).

These amendments have major implications for employers across the construction industry, particularly those involved in large-scale construction projects.

• Changes to right of entry laws
• Altered prosecutorial powers under the WHS Ac

Download the Master Builders Association of New South Wales document on Changes to NSW Work Health and Safety Legislation for full information.