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About us

Learn about our role as the workplace health and safety regulator in New South Wales.

At SafeWork NSW we apply the NSW Customer Commitments to all our interactions.

  • Easy to access
  • Act with empathy
  • Respect my time
  • Explain what to expect
  • Resolve the situation
  • Engage the community

SafeWork is committed to ongoing engagement with communities and working effectively with stakeholders.

The principles that guide our engagement are to be transparent, purposeful, respectful, collaborative and inclusive.

Our Strategy

We’re committed to improving health and safety in NSW workplaces.
We will deliver on this commitment through the implementation our five year strategic plan.
The plan outlines our strategic objectives and outcomes.

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Our Regulatory Priorities

Our Annual Regulatory Statement outlines what our regulatory priorities are and what we will deliver in 2024-2025 to meet our objectives and outcomes.

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Performance Audit Report of the Auditor-General

The Audit Office performance report into the “Effectiveness of SafeWork NSW in exercising its compliance functions” was tabled in Parliament on 27 February 2024.

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McDougall review

SafeWork NSW welcomes the findings of the McDougall report and the NSW Government’s commitment to the establishment of a stand-alone regulator.

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Review of SafeWork NSW Regulatory Priorities 2023

In 2023 SafeWork focused attention on seven regulatory priorities. A review of SafeWork’s activities in the Regulatory Priority areas has been undertaken.

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Privacy

Here we set out our privacy standards.

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Annual reports

Access our annual reports.

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Evaluation

We regularly conduct external evaluations of activities and programs.

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Have your say

Your feedback is important to guide and develop our regulatory approach to deliver improved outcomes to the New South Wales community.

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Order a publication

To order a SafeWork NSW publication contact Finsbury Green.

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Right to information

Here you find out about our "open access information".

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Tenders and contracts

For information about business opportunities with us.

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What we do

What we do as the New South Wales’ workplace health and safety regulator.

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Statistical bulletins

Statistics for workers compensation claims.

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WorkCover Action Plan

The action plan in response to a NSW parliamentary committee’s inquiry into bullying at WorkCover.

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