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Current at: 19 March 2012
NBN 101 - new homes and new subdivisions
This information sheet provides information for builders and developers about the new requirements for NBN installations for new houses and new subdivisions.
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Current at: 29 February 2012
Condensation in houses (Nat)
Condensation is an issue that comes up as a technical query whenever beads of moisture appear on non-absorbent surfaces. The effects of condensation which can become a problem are: blistering of paint, mould growth on walls and ceilings, water stains and the musty smell that eventuates.
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Current at: 28 February 2012
Lance Lennard Building – Nulkaba GreenSmart House
This HIA GreenSmart® accredited house at Nulkaba in the Hunter Valley has been proudly constructed by Lance Lennard Building to incorporate a range of GreenSmart principles including both energy and water saving initiatives.
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Current at: 28 February 2012
Calypso Display Home – Newcastle
The Hunters reputation as a leader in environmentally responsible housing has once again been confirmed with the opening of the Hunters latest HIA GreenSmart House, the Calypso by Macquarie Designer Homes.
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Current at: 24 February 2012
Wire Balustrade Construction (Nat)
This information sheet has been prepared to provide details on wire balustrades and how to build them in accordance with the BCA.
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Current at: 23 February 2012
What is ‘Reasonably Practicable’? (NSW)
The work health and safety laws provide that duties to ensure health and safety must be achieved, ‘so far as is reasonably practicable’. You will need to consider what can be done and whether it is reasonable to do all that is possible.
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Current at: 23 February 2012
Upstream duties (NSW)
The new work health and safety laws (WHS laws) impose duties on ‘upstream’ parties such as manufacturers, suppliers, designers and importers of plant, structures and substances, to ensure that products are without risks to the health and safety of people at or near the workplace.
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Current at: 23 February 2012
Incident Notification (NSW)
The work health and safety laws require a person in control of a business or undertaking (PCBU) to notify Workcover of certain injuries.
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Current at: 23 February 2012
Due Diligence for Officers (NSW)
Officers must exercise ‘due diligence’ under the new work health and safety laws. If you are an officer you will need to be proactive in making sure that the business is meeting its work, health and safety obligations.
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Current at: 23 February 2012
Consultation Obligations (NSW)
In NSW employers have always been required to engage in consultation with their employees to enable those employees to contribute to the making of decisions affecting their health, safety and welfare at work.
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Current at: 23 February 2012
Work Health and Safety Management Plans (NSW)
If you are the principal contractor for a construction project ($250 000 or more), you must prepare a written work health and safety management plan (WHS management plan) for the workplace before work on the project commences.
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Current at: 23 February 2012
Work Health and Safety Duties of Designers NSW
If you are a designer who conducts a business or undertaking that designs plant, a substance or structure (product) that is to be used or could reasonably be expected to be used, as, or at, a workplace, you have specific duties under the work health and safety laws (WHS laws).
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Current at: 23 February 2012
Managing the risks of falls (NSW)
If you are a person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace (PCBU), the work health and safety laws require you to manage the risks to health and safety associated with a fall appropriately.
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Current at: 23 February 2012
New Requirements for Remote or Isolated Work (NSW)
The work health and safety laws set out duties in relation to workers carrying out remote or isolated work. These new laws will come into effect in NSW from 1 January 2013.
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Current at: 23 February 2012
New Work Health and Safety Laws Apply from 1 January 2012 (NSW)
A new package of work health and safety laws (WHS Package) will come into effect from 1 January 2012, subject to some transitional arrangements. The WHS Package consists of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (WHS Act 2011), Work Health and Safety Regulations 2011 (WHS Regulation 2011) and new national codes of practice.
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