WHS ministers have agreed to two sets of amendments to the model WHS Regulations, which will help protect workers from silicosis-a lung disease caused by exposure to respirable crystalline silica. These amendments give effect to the engineered stone ban from 1 July 2024 and provide stronger regulation of all materials containing crystalline silica from 1 September 2024.
You can read the communique from the Work Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation Ministers' Meeting and learn more about the ban on the engineered stone ban website, which provides everything you need to know about the ban in one place.