WorkSafe believes it will take years to completely transform the country's attitude towards health and safety, three months after sweeping changes to the law were rolled out. On average, one person every week dies at work and many more from work-related sickness. The youngest workplace death this year was in March when a three-year-old boy…

Buildings constructed in Victoria after 2003 will no longer be forced to undergo mandatory asbestos checks, under controversial changes being proposed by the workplace regulator despite serious safety concerns. The proposed reform, contained in a draft set of new regulations, comes just weeks after a recent string of health scares on Australian building sites where potentially deadly asbestos…