Evaluating the Harmonisation of Australia’s OHS Laws: Challenges and Opportunities

Windholz, Eric

doi:10.1080/23276665.2010.10779371

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“…Harmonisation can have multiple and diverse policy objectives. Windholz () for example identified fourteen categories of objectives for the harmonisation of Australia's OHS laws, with different stakeholders having different objectives. These objectives can be categorised though into three broad types of policy: economic; social; and government reform.…”

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The Multiple Domains of Harmonisation: Politics, Policy, Process and Program

Windholz

2012

Aust J Public Adm

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This article builds a taxonomy of the different functions performed by the term 'harmonisation' in contemporary policy debates. Four broad functions or domains of use are identifiedpolitical, policy, process and program -within each of which there are multiple different uses. Based on this classification, the article then develops a multi-dimensional conceptual framework through which the term can be better understood and examined, its political uses identified and isolated, and harmonisation initiatives constructed, framed and analysed. The framework should prove useful for Ministers and government departments called upon to determine if, how and to what extent to harmonise regulations in a particular area; regulators called upon to administer and enforce harmonised regulatory regimes; and regulatees, practitioners and academics concerned to understand the impact of a harmonisation task.

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Section: Harmonisation As Policymentioning

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The Multiple Domains of Harmonisation: Politics, Policy, Process and Program

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2012

Aust J Public Adm

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“…It has been argued that new regulation should be informed by existing regulation and learn from its criticisms and limitations (Windholz, 2010). The white paper demonstrated that this took place; it researched regulatory strategies and best practice in other areas, for example, what has been tried in health and safety legislation.…”

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“…These findings are used to inform and develop the regulatory framework proposed in this thesis. The research undertaken in chapters 4 and 5 are necessary steps in the formation of new regulation because new regulation should be informed by existing regulation and learn from its criticisms and limitations (Windholz, 2010).…”

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“…The first contribution is the investigation into whether social regulation theory is applicable to this regulatory context. Given the argument that new regulation should be informed by existing regulation, past experience and supported by evidence from research, this thesis sought to explore a regulatory approach that had not been considered in this regulatory context before and learn valuable lessons from its application elsewhere (Windholz, 2010). This thesis investigates, firstly, the applicability of social regulation theory to the countering online terrorist content context, and secondly, the application of a social regulation approach in three other regulatory contexts.…”

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“…These points have informed the development of the regulatory framework that will be proposed later in this thesis. It is argued that new regulation should be informed by existing regulation and learn from its criticisms and limitations (Windholz, 2010). The regulatory framework proposed in this thesis aims to overcome these limitations where possible.…”

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After a period of self‐regulation, countries around the world began to implement regulations for the removal of terrorist content from tech platforms. However, much of this regulation has been criticised for a variety of reasons, most prominently for concerns of infringing free speech and creating unfair burdens for smaller platforms. In addition to this, regulation is heavily centred around content moderation, however, fails to consider or address the psychosocial risks it poses to human content moderators. This paper argues that where regulation has been heavily criticised yet continues to inspire similar regulation a new regulatory approach is required. The aim of this paper is to undertake an introductory examination of the use of a social regulation approach in three other industries (environmental protection, consumer protection and occupational health and safety) to learn and investigate new regulatory avenues that could be applied to the development of new regulation that seeks to counter terrorist content on tech platforms and is concerned with the safety of content moderators.

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Evaluating the Harmonisation of Australia’s OHS Laws: Challenges and Opportunities

Cited by 7 publications

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The Multiple Domains of Harmonisation: Politics, Policy, Process and Program

The Multiple Domains of Harmonisation: Politics, Policy, Process and Program

Regulating terrorist content on tech platforms: A proposed framework based on social regulation

Countering online terrorist content: A social regulation approach

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