Who we are
The ASCC is a partnership of governments, employers and employees.
The ASCC provides policy advice to the Workplace Relations Ministers’ Council on national OHS and workers' compensation arrangements in order to achieve national regulatory frameworks.
The ASCC:
(a) leads and coordinates national efforts to:
(i) prevent workplace death, injury and disease; and
(ii) improve workers’ compensation arrangements, and the rehabilitation and return to work of injured workers;
(b) provides a national forum by which representatives of Commonwealth, State and Territory governments, employers and employees consult and participate in the development of policies relating to OHS and workers’ compensation matters; and
(c) promotes national consistency.
National standards and codes of practice declared by the ASCC are advisory only, and require separate legislative action by Commonwealth, State and Territory governments to implement the standards and codes within their jurisdiction.
The work of the ASCC is supported by the Office of the ASCC within the Commonwealth Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.
The ASCC is not a regulatory authority and as such it does not make or enforce laws. This is because OHS laws in Australia operate in each of the state, territory and commonwealth jurisdictions and are administered by jurisdictions’ OHS authorities.
The ASCC is a council made up of government, employer and employee representatives.
The Council members are:
- Mr Bill Scales (Chairman)
- Mr Tom Fisher, DEEWR
- Mr Ted Cole, DEEWR
- Mr Martin Dolan, Comcare
- Mr Jon Blackwell, WorkCover NSW
- Mr Greg Tweedly, VIC Workcover Authority
- Mr Peter Henneken, Department of Industrial Relations, Queensland
- Mr Brian Bradley, Department of Consumer and Employment Protection, WA
- Ms Michele Patterson, SafeWork SA
- Mr Robert Pearce, Department of Justice, Tasmania
- Ms Laurene Hull, NT Worksafe
- Ms Liesl Centenera, Chief Minister's Department, ACT
- Mr Peter Tighe, ACTU
- Ms Geradine Kearney, ACTU
- Mr Geoff Fary, ACTU
- Mr Peter Anderson, ACCI
- Ms Sylvia Kidziak, ACCI
- Ms Anne Bellamy, ACCI
Page last updated: 15/08/2008