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class="news-events__item"> <span class="news-events__date"> <span class="news-events__day">25</span> <span class="news-events__month">Feb</span> </span> <h2 class="news-events__title"><a href="https://www.safework.nsw.gov.au/news/safework-media-releases/safework-inspectors-visit-wilton-and-menangle-construction-sites" class="news-events__link">SafeWork Inspectors visit Wilton and Menangle construction sites</a></h2> <p class="news-events__type">SafeWork media releases</p> <p class="news-events__desc"> SafeWork NSW Inspectors will have their boots on the ground in the Wilton and Menangle areas this week, visiting residential construction sites in the developing Wollondilly area to ensure and enforce workplace safety and compliance. </p> <div class="news-events__meta"> <a href="https://www.safework.nsw.gov.au/news/safework-media-releases/safework-inspectors-visit-wilton-and-menangle-construction-sites" class="news-events__more"> Find out more <svg class="svg-icon icon-arrow-right"> <use 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href="https://www.safework.nsw.gov.au/news/safework-media-releases/minns-labor-government-to-establish-safework-nsw-as-a-standalone-regulator" class="news-events__more"> Find out more <svg class="svg-icon icon-arrow-right"> <use xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="https://www.safework.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/git_bridge/0003/338241/static/mysource_files/sprite.svg#arrow-right"></use> </svg> </a> <a href="https://www.safework.nsw.gov.au/news/safework-media-releases/minns-labor-government-to-establish-safework-nsw-as-a-standalone-regulator" class="news-events__copy-link js-copy-link"> <svg class="svg-icon icon-link"> <use xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="https://www.safework.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/git_bridge/0003/338241/static/mysource_files/sprite.svg#link"></use> </svg> Copy link </a> <a 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class="news-events__type">SafeWork media releases</p> <p class="news-events__desc"> SafeWork NSW Inspectors will have their boots on the ground in the Newcastle, Maitland and Lake Macquarie region this week, visiting construction sites to ensure and enforce workplace safety and compliance. </p> <div class="news-events__meta"> <a href="https://www.safework.nsw.gov.au/news/safework-media-releases/safework-inspectors-to-visit-newcastle,-maitland-and-lake-macquarie-construction-sites" class="news-events__more"> Find out more <svg class="svg-icon icon-arrow-right"> <use xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="https://www.safework.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/git_bridge/0003/338241/static/mysource_files/sprite.svg#arrow-right"></use> </svg> </a> <a href="https://www.safework.nsw.gov.au/news/safework-media-releases/safework-inspectors-to-visit-newcastle,-maitland-and-lake-macquarie-construction-sites" class="news-events__copy-link js-copy-link"> <svg class="svg-icon icon-link"> 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href="https://www.safework.nsw.gov.au/news/safework-media-releases/have-your-say-on-nsw-work-health-and-safety-regulation" class="news-events__link">Have your say on NSW work health and safety regulation</a></h2> <p class="news-events__type">SafeWork media releases</p> <p class="news-events__desc"> Employers, workers, unions and industry experts are being encouraged to have their say on changes to the Work Health and Safety Regulation (the Regulation). </p> <div class="news-events__meta"> <a href="https://www.safework.nsw.gov.au/news/safework-media-releases/have-your-say-on-nsw-work-health-and-safety-regulation" class="news-events__more"> Find out more <svg class="svg-icon icon-arrow-right"> <use xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="https://www.safework.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/git_bridge/0003/338241/static/mysource_files/sprite.svg#arrow-right"></use> </svg> </a> <a 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class="news-events__month">Jan</span> </span> <h2 class="news-events__title"><a href="https://www.safework.nsw.gov.au/news/safework-media-releases/record-number-of-illegal-fireworks-sparks-australia-day-warning" class="news-events__link">Record number of illegal fireworks sparks Australia Day warning</a></h2> <p class="news-events__type">SafeWork media releases</p> <p class="news-events__desc"> SafeWork NSW observed the highest recorded number of illegal fireworks on New Year’s Eve with more than 180 reports of illegal use of fireworks across the State. </p> <div class="news-events__meta"> <a href="https://www.safework.nsw.gov.au/news/safework-media-releases/record-number-of-illegal-fireworks-sparks-australia-day-warning" class="news-events__more"> Find out more <svg class="svg-icon icon-arrow-right"> <use xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="https://www.safework.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/git_bridge/0003/338241/static/mysource_files/sprite.svg#arrow-right"></use> 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