National Occupational Health and Safety Commission Progresses Priorities - Professor Dennis Else, Chairman of the National Occupational Health and Safety Commission (NOHSC), said: "The March 10 NOHSC meeting held in Hobart was significant for a number of reasons. The meeting...

New Criteria Affects Confidential Listing - Under new criteria being drafted, confidential listing on the Australian Inventory of Chemical Substances (AICS) now needs to consider the public interest as well as the commercial interest. All exi...

Media Releases - Regulating Workplace Safety Without Using a Big Stick - 16 December 1999 Toxic chemical now under control - 7 December 1999 Public’s right to know about industrial chemicals - 10 August 1999 ...

Regulating Workplace Safety without using a Big Stick - The Chair of the National Occupational Health and Safety Commission (NOHSC), Professor Dennis Else, today called on businesses to capitalise on the benefits of setting up their own workplace safety sy...

Publics right to know about industrial chemicals - The National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS) today released for public comment a plan to develop a list of all industrial chemicals that are manufactured in Australia ...

Industrial fridge chemical poses new health risks - The National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS) released for public comment today a revised report on an industrial refrigerant which warns that repeated exposure could c...

Toxic chemical now under control - A draft report released today by the National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS) on the hazardous industrial chemical acrylonitrile, finds that its use and exposure level...