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AUSTRALIA

National / Federal

Attorney General's Department
Provides Commonwealth departments, agencies and business enterprises with quality legal policy and legal services, including legal advice on international law, ledislation administered by the Attorney-General and on matters arising from drafting legislative instruments.

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Australian Competition & Consumer Commission

Australian Maritime Safety Authority

Australian Quarantine & Inspection Service (AQIS)
Via Dept. of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry - Quarantine and export services.

Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
A part of the Health and Ageing Portfolio, ARPANSA is a Federal Government agency charged with responsibility for protecting the health and safety of people, and the environment, from the harmful effects of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation.

Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC)

Australian Safety and Compensation Council

Australian Taxation Office
For information on taxation and superannuation matters.

COMCARE
Responsible for workplace safety, rehabilitation and compensation in the Commonwealth jurisdiction.

Food Standards Australia New Zealand Food Authority (FSANZ)
Food Standards Australia New Zealand ensures safe food by developing effective food standards for Australia and New Zealand. Web site includes standards and other documents for free download.

Productivity Commission

Workplace Relations Ministers' Council
Provides comparative occupational health and safety, and workers compensation statistics

States and territories

ACT

ACT WorkCover
ACT WorkCover administers Occupational Health & Safety, Workers Compensation, and Dangerous Goods legislation.

New South Wales

NSW Workcover Authority
A statutory authority within the Minister for Commerce's portfolio. Its primary objective is to work in partnership with the NSW community to achieve safe workplaces, effective return to work and security for injured workers.

Northern Territory

Northern Territory Work Health Authority
Has responsibility for the Territory-wide regulation of occupational health and safety, rehabilitation and workers' compensation.

Queensland

Dept of Industrial Relations - workplace health and safety
Administers / enforces Workplace Health & Safety legislation.

Workers Compensation Regulatory Authority
WorkCover Regulatory Functions in QLD

Queensland WorkCover
Workers Compensation insurance for Queensland. WorkCover is part of the Queensland Department of Industrial Relations. Employers in Queensland are legally required to insure with WorkCover.

Queensland Government: Risk Management site
Offers a practical guide to help business as well as community, sporting or other not-for-profit organisations manage, reduce or control risks in their activities.

South Australia

South Australian WorkCover Authority
Provides a workers compensation scheme for the South Australian Community and promotes workplace health & safety.

Tasmania

Workplace Standards Tasmania
Responsible for administering much of the legislation that regulates business in Tasmania. Occupational health and safety, workers compensation, long service leave, shop trading hours, bank holidays and some occupational registrations are key areas. It also has responsibility for many industrial relations matters.

Victoria

Victorian Workcover Authority
The manager of Victoria's workplace safety system.

Western Australia

Government of WA: Workcover
Administers the State's workers compensation and rehabilitation scheme.

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NEW ZEALAND

Environmental Risk Management Authority
(ERMA New Zealand) makes decisions on applications to introduce hazardous substances (HS) or new organisms (NO) including genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

UNITED KINGDOM

Directgov
The place to turn to for the latest and widest range of UK government and public service information. Includes A-Z directories of central and local government.

Office of Public Sector Information
Operating from within the National Archives, the Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) is at the heart of information policy, setting standards, delivering access and encouraging the re-use of public sector information. OPSI provides a wide range of services to the public, information industry, government and the wider public sector relating to finding, using, sharing and trading information.

Department of Trade and Industry - From quality to excellence
The reputation of an organisation depends on the quality and excellence of the products and services it provides. The DTI's From Quality to Excellence site offers organisations an opportunity to access information which can help improve performance.

Department of Trade and Industry - Best Practice
This Health Check will give you an insight into what is needed to achieve Information Security best practice.

Freedom of Information website
Background information and guidance on the Freedom of Information Act 2000, published by the Department of Constitutional Affairs. Also includes a link to the act itself.

Health and Safety Executive

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EUROPE

Some of the key European OHS bodies are listed below:

Czech Centre of Occupational Health

Denmark - National Institute of Occupational Health

Germany - Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Finnish Institute of Occupational Health

France - National Research and Safety Institute for the Prevention of Occupational Accidents and Diseases

Latvia - Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health

Ireland - Health and Safety Authority
The Health and Safety Authority is the national body in Ireland with responsibility for securing health and safety at work. It is a state-sponsored body, established under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act, 2005

Netherlands - National Institute of Public Health and the Environment

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