Output 9 – Workplace Health and Safety Services (including Workers’ Compensation Policy)
These output services were delivered through:
- Workplace Health and Safety Queensland.
Strategic Alignment
This output contributed to the following departmental strategic objectives:
- human rights are upheld and protected
- communities and citizens exercise their legal rights and obligations within a justice and regulatory system recognised for its integrity and independence
- stakeholder groups and their representatives engage in the development of policy and service delivery
- regulation and service delivery supports productivity balanced with social justice.
The output also contributed to the following Toward Q2: Tomorrow’s Queensland ambitions:
- Strong – Creating a diverse economy powered by bright ideas
- Fair – Supporting safe and caring communities
- Healthy – Making Queenslanders Australia’s healthiest people.
Year in review
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland (WHSQ) operates under the Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995 (PDF, 766 KB) and the Dangerous Goods Safety Management Act 2001 to improve occupational health and safety in Queensland workplaces.
During 2009–10, the division continued to work in partnership with the Australian Government and other states to achieve nationally harmonised occupational health and safety laws as part of the COAG national partnership agreement to deliver a seamless national economy.