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1 Schedule of Documents accessed under FOI request Abrasive Blasting Policy Proposal SIG OHS briefing paper March Draft Policy Proposal Abrasive Blasting WHS Regulations (March ) Second Stage Codes of Practice SIG OHS Briefing paper 9-10 February 2012 Abrasive Blasting draft Code of Practice 9-10 February 2012 Second Stage Codes of Practice SIG OHS Briefing paper August 2011 Abrasive Blasting draft Code of Practice August 2011 Second Stage Codes of Practice SIG OHS Briefing paper February 2011 Abrasive Blasting draft Code of Practice February 2011 Abrasive blasting SIG OHS briefing paper 4-6 May 2011 Draft minutes SIG WHS 9-10 February 2012 Minutes SIG WHS 4-6 May 2011 Issues Paper Draft model Work Health and Safety Codes of Practice (2 April 2012) Revised Abrasive Blasting draft Code of Practice SIG WHS out-of-session (28 February 2012) Safe Work Australia Members briefing paper 16 March 2012 Abrasive Blasting draft Code of Practice 16 March to SIG WHS and SWA members attaching draft model code of practice to be submitted to ministerial Council (30 March 2012) Draft minutes Safe Work Australia members dated 16 March 2012 Abrasive Blasting draft Code of Practice Select Council on Workplace Relations (Out of Session) comments from SafeWork SA dated 17 June comments from WorkSafe WA dated 23 February 2011 re silica level

2 comments from WorkSafe WA dated 18 June re NORM SIG OHS comments XVII February 2011 from WorkSafe WA Comments on Abrasive Blasting Code from WorkSafe WA (undated) Out of session comments from ACCI dated 4 March comments from WHS Qld re structure of code dated 7 May comments from WHS Qld re specific pages of code dated 6 July comments from WHS Qld re Code considered by SIG OHS September 2011 dated 29 August comments from WHS Qld re Code considered by SIG OHS 9-10 February 2012 dated 13 February 2012 Draft abrasive blasting code of practice with tracked comments as at 14 June Draft abrasive blasting code of practice with tracked comments as at 19 May Draft abrasive blasting code of practice with tracked comments as at 20 May Draft abrasive blasting code of practice with tracked comments as at 28 May Draft abrasive blasting code of practice with tracked comments as at 24 June Draft abrasive blasting code of practice with tracked comments as at 22 June Draft abrasive blasting code of practice with tracked comments as at 23 June comments from WorkSafe Victoria re specific pages of code dated 18 June SIG OHS February 2011 comments from WorkCover NSW re codes of practice scoping papers (undated) Comments from WorkCover NSW re use of silica in abrasive blasting dated 22 April Minutes of teleconference of 29 April re Abrasive Blasting Code of Practice

3 Minutes of teleconference of 8 April re Abrasive Blasting Code of Practice Comments on Abrasive Blasting Code with hand written additions (undated) Matters to be included in Abrasive Code of Practice document (undated) Code of practice layout guidance document (undated) Benchmarking of Jurisdictional Regulations (undated) Summary of main changes to Code of Practice arising from public comment (undated) Summary of comments received from Public Comment Period (undated) Prohibition on the use of materials containing crystalline silicon dioxide (free silica) in abrasive blasting (undated) Internal re restricted/prohibited substances (12 November ) Internal re amendments to draft Code of Practice (1 February 2011) Silica Managing exposure in the Workplace. Occupational Disease Strategy 2007 (21 July 2009) Code of Practice Abrasive Blasting (June 2000) Dust hazards in assay labs How can the thermal environment be quantified? (undated) Senate Inquiry Workplace Exposure to Toxic Dust: Australian Government Response (May 2008) Abrasive Blasting Code of Practice (2004) Abrasive Blasting Code of Practice with highlighted additions (Unknown) AS Metal finishing Preparation and pre treatment of surfaces (accessed 9 March ) Proposed prohibitions on the use of crystalline silica for abrasive blasting: Final Analysis of costs, benefits and competition effects (16 October 2001) Public comment submission (no. 40) Public comment submission (no. 63) Public comment submission (no. 64)

4 Public comment submission (no. 72) Public comment submission (no. 169) Public comment submission (no. 176) Public comment submission (no. 179) Public comment submission (no. 183) Public comment submission (no. 185) Public comment submission (no. 186) Public comment submission (no. 188) Public comment submission (no. 192) Public comment submission (no. 193) Public comment submission (no. 209) Public comment submission (no. 210) Public comment submission (no. 213) Public comment submission (no. 215) Public comment submission (no. 218) Public comment submission (no. 230) Public comment submission (no. 231) Public comment submission (no. 233) Public comment submission (no. 251) Public comment submission (no. 255) Public comment submission (no. 257) Public comment submission (no. 278) Public comment submission (no. 280) Public comment submission (no. 281) Public comment submission (no. 283) Public comment submission (no. 299)

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