This Member Advice provides important information about:

Legislative changes:
- Queensland: amendments to the WHS Act, introduced into parliament and passed on the same day.
- Victoria: changes to Major Hazard Facility obligations related to paraquat dichloride.
- Engineered stone ban – exemption (in some jurisdictions) related to reinstallation of stone benchtops, slabs and panels which have been removed to enable repairs, implemented in some jurisdictions.
- Engineered stone benchtops, slabs and panels – ban on importation.
Silica National Strategic Plan has been approved by WHS Ministers
State/territory information related to compliance activities:
- Queensland worker consultation, representation and participation strategy 2024-2027.
- NSW awareness campaign to increase compliance with obligations to declare actual wages at the end of a workers’ compensation policy year.
Draft document, inquiries and public comment:
- Safe Work Australia
  - consultation on proposed amendment of 9 workplace exposure limits – closes 15 December 2024 – amendments to consultation paper.
  - public comment on the workplace exposure standard for aluminium welding fumes.
  - targeted consultation in relation to health monitoring and air monitoring for hazardous chemicals and biological hazards.
- Report of the Senate’s Select Committee on adopting artificial intelligence, including implications for WHS.
Publications and resources of interest.
Opportunities to engage in policy discussions that are not public comment processes, with a list of active discussions.