External resources

External resources

• OHS legal requirements databases

  Changes to occupational health and safety legislation can be monitored using the Timebase (also called LawOne or LawTracker) service, available to University staff and students via University Library A-Z ejournals and databases.

  • If you need help with using this service, please contact the University Library.
• Australia, New Zealand and global standards
  • SAI Global Standards Library, via University Library (University network login required)
    • NB if you do not have this address to hand, you can also browse for "SAI" in the University Library website's list of databases.
    • The University's subscription allows three concurrent users at once. At times of high use, you may need to try again later to access this service.
  • Guidance material: Australian standards commonly used in purchasing
• Government and professional bodies

  Victorian government

  • WorkSafe Victoria
  • Department of Human Services Victoria
  • State Emergency Service Victoria
  • Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary Documents

  Australian government

  • Safe Work Australia
    • Publications Search (includes National Standards, Codes of Practice and related Guidance Notes)
  • Emergency Management in Australia (Australian Government Attorney-General)

  Professional bodies and unions

  • Australasian University Safety Association
  • OHS Reps @ Work (Victorian Trades Hall Council OHS site)
• Chemical management specific publications and websites

  Government and External Party Publications and Websites (A-Z by title)

  • Classifying chemicals, Safe Work Australia
  • Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, (Commonwealth)
  • Carcinogens, Safe Work Australia
  • Chemical Weapons Convention - Australia's National Authority for the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Commonwealth)
  • Code of Practice for Supply Diversion into Illicit Drug Manufacture (Cth), Australian Crime Commission and Plastics and Chemicals Industries Assocation (PACIA)
  • Food Standards Australia New Zealand, Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) (Commonwealth)
  • Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Regulations 2017, Department of Health, Victoria
  • Industrial, educational, advisory or research permit poison control plans, Department of Health Victoria, including:
    • Application for an Industrial and Educational Permit
    • Application to Nominate a Responsible Person
    • Fees
    • Poisons Control Plan
  • National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS), Department of Health (Commonwealth)
  • Poisons Code, Department of Health Victoria
  • Recognising Dangerous Goods Segregation Chart (for A4 & A3) , WorkSafe Victoria.
  • The Poisons Standard (the SUSMP), Therapeutic Goods Administration (Commonwealth)
  • Therapeutic Goods Administration, Department of Health