Work health and safety in Australia is regulated separately by each state and territory, plus the Commonwealth. Most jurisdictions operate under the harmonised model WHS laws; Victoria runs its own separate but similarly structured legislation. Whichever applies to you, the right first stop is always your actual state or territory regulator, not a general search.
Below is the direct link to the regulator and the current Act for every jurisdiction.
National
Safe Work Australia — national policy body, model WHS laws, codes of practice safeworkaustralia.gov.au
Comcare — Commonwealth WHS regulator (applies to Commonwealth entities and licensees) comcare.gov.au
New South Wales
SafeWork NSW — regulator safework.nsw.gov.au Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW)
Queensland
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland — regulator worksafe.qld.gov.au Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld)
Victoria
WorkSafe Victoria — regulator worksafe.vic.gov.au Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic) — Victoria's own legislation, not the harmonised model laws
Western Australia
WorkSafe WA — regulator dmirs.wa.gov.au/worksafe Work Health and Safety Act 2020 (WA)
South Australia
SafeWork SA — regulator safework.sa.gov.au Work Health and Safety Act 2012 (SA)
Tasmania
WorkSafe Tasmania — regulator worksafe.tas.gov.au Work Health and Safety Act 2012 (Tas)
Australian Capital Territory
WorkSafe ACT — regulator worksafe.act.gov.au Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (ACT)
Northern Territory
NT WorkSafe — regulator worksafe.nt.gov.au Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Act (NT)
One list, kept current
Regulator sites and legislation get updated more often than most businesses have time to track. This page exists so you always have the right starting point, whichever state or territory you operate in.
If you need more than links — an actual system for managing WHS compliance day to day — that is what SafeBase was built for: 16 documents, a digital portal, a safety dashboard, and AI prompts throughout. mxminstitute.com.au