Making it work

Jurisdiction

Administering organisation and its accountability

Commonwealth

The Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission, Comcare and Australian Safety and Compensation Council (from August 2005) [WC and OHS] - responsible to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations

Seafarers

Seacare Authority [WC and OHS] - reports to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations

New South Wales

WorkCover Authority of NSW (WorkCover NSW) [WC and OHS] - responsible to the Minister for Commerce

Victoria

Victorian WorkCover Authority [WC and OHS]. WorkSafe Victoria is the VWA’s OHS arm - responsible to the Minister for WorkCover who is also the Minister for Industrial Relations (Department of Industry and Regional Development).

Queensland

Division of Workplace Health and Safety [OHS] – a division of the Department of Industrial Relations - responsible to the Minister for Industrial Relations

Western Australia

WorkSafe Division [OHS] of the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection (IR is included in the portfolio) - responsible to the Minister for Consumer and Employment Protection

South Australia

WorkCover Corporation [WC and OHS] - responsible to the Minister for Industrial Relations Enforcement by Workplace Services [OHS] division of the Department of Administrative and Information Services (Workplace [industrial] Relations is included in the portfolio).

Tasmania

WorkCover Tasmania [WC and OHS] - responsible to the Minister for Infrastructure (Industrial Relations is included in the portfolio). Enforcement is by Workplace Standards Tasmania [OHS] within the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources.

ACT

ACT WorkCover [WC and OHS] - responsible to the Minister for Industrial Relations

NT

Northern Territory Work Health Authority [WC and OHS]. NT WorkSafe is the OHS arm of the Authority - responsible to the Minister for Employment Education and Training