Silica Rules Change on 1 December 2026: What It Means for Your Handover Clean
Quick answer From 1 December 2026, Australia’s workplace exposure standards (WES) become workplace exposure limits (WEL). For respirable crystalline silica the number doesn’t move — it stays at 0.05 mg/m³ over an eight-hour average — but the wording change is deliberate: a limit is something you must not exceed, not a target to aim at. […]