AED guidance, compliance, and the practical stuff.
Honest, plain-language guides for property managers and business owners. SA Act updates, WHS duty across the other states, and the day-to-day of running a workplace AED program.
Independent and Catholic Schools in the ACT: The Voluntary AED Case
Run a public school in the ACT and the AED question has at least been on the government's radar. Run an independent or Catholic school and you're outside that conversation entirely — the decision is yours, school by school. This is the case for making it.
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Darwin and Palmerston CBD Property Managers: A Practical AED Guide
Manage commercial buildings in Darwin or Palmerston and an AED program is easy to keep putting off — no law forces it, no deadline looms. But the case is solid, and the Top End adds a couple of wrinkles cooler capitals never face. Here's the practical version.
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How to Register Your AED with NSW Ambulance (GoodSAM)
You've put an AED in your NSW workplace. There's one more thing worth doing, and it costs nothing — registering the device with NSW Ambulance through GoodSAM. Here's why it matters and exactly how to do it, for one device or a whole portfolio.
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SA Ambulance Service AED Register: Step-by-Step Registration
You've installed your AED. There's one more step the SA legislation requires, and it's the one people most often miss — registering it with the SA Ambulance Service within two weeks. Unlike every other state, in SA it's the law. Here's the step-by-step.
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Aged Care in Tasmania: Federal Regulation Meets State WHS Duty
No Tasmanian law requires an aged care home to have a defibrillator. What does the work instead is a pair of obligations — a federal regulator governing clinical care and a state WHS duty governing workplace safety — sharpened by the reality of regional ambulance distances.
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AEDs in Victorian Aged Care: Federal Regulation Meets State OHS Duty
No single Victorian law says an aged care home must have a defibrillator. What there is instead is two layers of obligation pulling the same way — a federal regulator governing clinical care, and a state OHS duty governing workplace safety. Neither names AEDs. Both make a strong case for one.
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Brisbane Office Buildings and AEDs: A Property Manager's Guide
Queensland has no AED law — but Brisbane property managers still have a WHS duty for common areas. The QAS registry works differently to NSW or Victoria, owner-vs-tenant responsibility splits cleanly, and a sensible program for a CBD tower is a couple of devices and a maintenance schedule.
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AEDs in Canberra Body Corporate Office Buildings (Civic, Barton, Belconnen, Tuggeranong, Gungahlin)
Body corporate-managed office buildings make up a meaningful share of Canberra's commercial stock. No ACT mandate, but a real WHS duty for the common areas the body corporate controls. Here's how to put together an AED program that holds up at the AGM.
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The Lotterywest Heart Grant: Subsidised AEDs for WA Sporting Clubs
The Lotterywest Heart Grant via St John WA has been the single most accessible AED funding pathway for community sport in WA — around 1,001 devices subsidised at $249 against a $2,000 retail price. The current round is closed. Here's what the program has done and what to do in the meantime.
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AEDs in Melbourne Hotels and Hospitality: A Risk-Based Approach
Victorian hotels and hospitality venues tick more of the WorkSafe Compliance Code's AED trigger factors than almost any other commercial setting — large public footfall, older demographic, alcohol, ambulance delay outside the CBD. Here's how to design a program that holds up under the OHS Act.
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AEDs in NSW Schools: Best Practice + the Office of Sport Grant
NSW schools aren't required to have AEDs the way SA schools are. But the WHS Code's trigger factors land squarely on schools — public foot traffic, parents, community sport, older staff. Here's how to think about a school AED program and the Office of Sport grant route.
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AEDs in NT Mining and Resources: WHS Triggers and Site-Specific Considerations
Mining and resources operations in the NT run under one of the most demanding WHS environments in Australia — extreme heat, long ambulance response, electrocution risk on plant, large rotating workforces. There's no AED mandate, but the Code-of-practice triggers stack. Here's the practical program design.
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SA AED Signage Requirements: A Visual Guide
The SA AED Act requires two signs for a typical commercial install — one at the building entrance, one at the AED. SA Health recommends a few more. Here's what's mandatory, what's recommended, and what a compliant signage layout looks like.
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Tasmanian Hospitality and Pub AED Compliance Under WHS
Tasmanian pubs, hotels and hospitality venues sit inside a textbook case for AED provision under the state's WHS framework — public footfall, alcohol, late nights, an older patron base, and outside the cities, ambulance delays that materially affect cardiac arrest survival. Here's how to design a sensible program.
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St John NT and the Heart Grant: How to Apply for a Subsidised AED
The St John NT Heart Grant is the only NT-specific publicly funded pathway placing AEDs into community hands. The 2025 round is closed. Here’s how the program works, who’s eligible, and what to do between rounds.
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Wilderness, Tourism and AEDs: Tasmania’s Long-Distance Ambulance Reality
Tasmania’s tourism economy runs on places that take time to reach — and that’s the same geography that lengthens time-to-shock if anything goes wrong. The WHS Code names ambulance delay as a trigger for AED provision. On a remote Tasmani…
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AEDs in Commonwealth-Government-Tenanted Buildings: A Canberra-Specific Guide
Roughly 40% of the ACT workforce is Commonwealth. If you own a Canberra commercial building, your tenants likely sit under Comcare while you sit under the ACT WHS Act. Neither regime mandates an AED — here’s how to think about a sensible…
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AEDs on WA Mining Sites: WHS Triggers and Industry Best Practice
The WA Mines Regulations don’t name AEDs. WHS Bulletin No. 11 doesn’t mandate them either. What does drive AED provision on a remote mining site is the first aid risk assessment — and the answer is almost always yes.
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AED Funding for Queensland Sporting Clubs: Active Clubs and Beyond
Queensland doesn’t have a dedicated state AED grant for sport. What it has is a patchwork — Active Clubs, Alpha Sport’s Heart Starter, Project Defib, and council grants. Here’s what’s actually available and how to use it.
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Construction Site AEDs in Victoria: OHS Compliance and Best Practice
Victoria has no AED-specific legislation, but the OHS Act and the WorkSafe Compliance Code do apply. On a construction site — electrocution risk, ambulance delay, concentrated workforce — the “reasonably practicable” answer to AED provis…
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AEDs in NSW Aged Care Facilities: A Practical Guide
Aged care is the clearest setting for an AED program — older residents, higher cardiac risk, staff trained to respond. NSW’s regulatory layering (state WHS plus federal Aged Care Act) makes the program design less obvious. Here’s how to…
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The 1,200 m² Threshold: How to Calculate Publicly Accessible Floor Area for SA AED Compliance
The SA AED Act scales the AED count by publicly accessible floor area, not total building footprint. The 1,200 m² threshold trips up most owners on the first pass — here’s how the calculation actually works.
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AEDs in the Heat: Why NT Workplaces Need to Think About Cabinet Placement
Most AED guidance you’ll read across Australia treats cabinet placement as a check-box item — visible, accessible, mounted at 1.2 to 1.4 m, signed properly, not locked. That’s the standard playbook, and in most of the country it covers t…
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Tasmania’s $500K Community AED Fund and How It’s Reshaping Public Access
Tasmania doesn’t have AED-specific legislation. It doesn’t have a Bill before parliament.
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The ACT Has No Government AED Registry — Here’s What That Means
If you’ve registered an AED in NSW, South Australia, Victoria or Tasmania, you’ve gone through a state-government-run pathway connected to the local ambulance service. In SA it’s mandatory.
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St John WA’s State Defib Network: How Registration Works
Western Australia does AED registration differently to the eastern states, and the reason is on the side of every ambulance in the state: St John Ambulance WA, not WA Health, runs the service. So when you register an AED in WA, you’re re…
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QAS Registry vs GoodSAM: Why Queensland is Different
If you’ve registered an AED in NSW or Victoria, you’ve used GoodSAM. Same platform, same workflow, same outcome — a Triple Zero call-taker and a pool of nearby volunteer responders both know where your device is when a cardiac arrest is…
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AEDs in Victorian Sporting Clubs: Grants, Best Practice, and the OHS Case
Victorian sporting clubs sit at the intersection of three angles on AEDs: a real cardiac risk in physical exertion settings, an OHS duty under the *Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004* (Vic), and a small but genuine grants pathway th…
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Construction Site AEDs in NSW: What WHS Compliance Looks Like
NSW construction sites tick more first-aid risk boxes than almost any other workplace category. Electrical work, height work, isolated tasks, plant and mobile equipment, ageing workforces, ambulance access constrained by traffic manageme…
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SA Strata and Body Corporate AED Compliance Guide
If you manage a strata-titled commercial building, a body-corporate-controlled office tower, or a residential retirement complex in South Australia, the AED question lands on your desk in a way that’s easy to misread. The Act is clear ab…
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Do Northern Territory Commercial Buildings Need an AED in 2026?
Do Northern Territory commercial buildings legally need an AED in 2026? A clear guide to WHS duty, the NT Code’s heat exclusion, St John NT registration and the Heart Grant.
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Do Tasmanian Commercial Buildings Need an AED in 2026?
Do Tasmanian commercial buildings legally need an AED in 2026? A clear guide to WHS duty of care, the Community AED Fund, GoodSAM registration, and the 1,300+ registered AEDs statewide.
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Do ACT Commercial Buildings Need an AED in 2026?
Do ACT commercial buildings legally need an AED in 2026? A clear guide to WHS duty of care, the 2022 Castley motion, ACT Emergency Services and registration via St John ACT.
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Do Western Australian Commercial Buildings Need an AED in 2026?
Do WA commercial buildings legally need an AED in 2026? A clear guide to WHS duty of care, WorkSafe WA Bulletin 11, the St John WA registry, and the Lotterywest Heart Grant.
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Do Queensland Commercial Buildings Need an AED in 2026?
Do Queensland commercial buildings legally need an AED in 2026? A clear, honest guide to QLD WHS duty of care, the Code of Practice, QAS registration, and where AEDs make sense.
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Victorian OHS Duty of Care: First Aid and AED Obligations Explained
Does Victorian OHS law require an AED in your workplace? A practical guide to the OHS Act 2004, WorkSafe Victoria’s 2021 Compliance Code, and the ‘reasonably practicable’ test for property managers and employers.
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AED Requirements for Sydney Sporting Clubs and Gyms
Do Sydney sporting clubs and gyms need an AED? A practical guide to NSW WHS duty of care, the Office of Sport grant program, and the clinical case for sporting facilities.
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SA Multi-Tenancy Buildings: Who’s Actually Responsible for the AED?
In a SA multi-tenant commercial building, who actually carries the AED obligation under the 2022 Act? A practical guide for landlords, body corporates and property managers — covering ownership boundaries, AED count, signage, and registr…
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NSW WHS Duty of Care: First Aid and AED Obligations Explained
NSW workplaces don’t have AED-specific legislation, but WHS duty of care still bites. Here’s what the SafeWork NSW (NSW Government) First Aid in the Workplace Code of Practice actually requires for first aid and AEDs in 2026.
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SA AED Compliance in 2026: Four Months In, What’s Changed
SA’s AED Act has been in full effect for privately owned commercial buildings since 1 January 2026. Four months in, here’s an honest read on what’s actually playing out — enforcement patterns, market shifts, and what property managers sh…
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Is Your Adelaide Workplace AED Ready? A Plain-Language Checklist for Facility Managers
If you manage a gym, community centre, club, or venue in Adelaide, the question of whether your site is AED ready is worth taking seriously right now. South Australia’s Automated External Defibrillators (Public Access) Act 2022 came into…
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Why SafePulse Installs Mindray AEDs Across Adelaide Commercial Properties
When you’re responsible for AED installation across a commercial portfolio, the device you choose matters just as much as where you place it. SafePulse installs Mindray AEDs across Greater Adelaide because they consistently deliver what…
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AED Installation Adelaide: A Step-by-Step Guide for Commercial Properties
Installing an automated external defibrillator (AED) across your Adelaide property portfolio doesn’t need to be complicated. Whether you manage a single office building in the CBD or a network of sites across Greater Adelaide, understand…
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How Many AEDs Does My Building Need? A Practical Guide for SA Businesses
It’s the most common question Adelaide business owners ask when preparing for AED compliance: how many defibrillators does my building actually need? This article provides important information for property owners and managers in light o…
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Defibrillator Servicing & Smart AED Monitoring: Is It Worth It for Your Adelaide Business?
Installing an AED is the first step. Ongoing AED maintenance is what keeps it ready to use. For Adelaide businesses managing multiple defibrillators across different sites, smart monitoring technology can simplify AED maintenance by auto…
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What the New South Australian AED Laws Mean for Commercial Landlords and Property Managers
If you manage commercial property in South Australia, the AED Act has likely crossed your desk. You may have heard about the January 2026 deadline for privately owned buildings. This article explores the detail that catches many landlord…
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Beyond AED Compliance: 7 Reasons Why Every Adelaide Workplace Needs an AED
In case you missed it, AED Compliance has recently changed in South Australia. This article by SafePulse explores what the legislation alone doesn’t tell you.
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The Practical Guide to Keeping Your AED Ready When It Matters
Keeping an AED on-site is only the first step. This guide explains the simple checks and routine servicing that keep your device ready to save a life when it matters.
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How Often Does an AED Need to Be Serviced?
A practical guide to AED servicing — how often inspections are needed, what gets checked, and how to stay ready between visits.
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What Happens During an AED Installation? Step-By-Step Walkthrough
A simple look at what happens on installation day and what to expect from our team.
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