Trade unions plead for maximum working temperatures following heatwave deaths in Europe

There is a section near the end which states:

"In Australia there is no maximum temperature above which workers must stop work.

"Safe Work Australia says a single '"stop work" rule cannot account for all the factors that make working in heat hazardous.

"They include humidity, air flow, physical intensity, fitness and acclimatisation."

Note: That doesn't mean that workers in Australia have to keep working in unsafe temperatures. What it means, in my experience, is that each industry has its own work health and safety standards relating to the varying work situations. As an example, when I worked for a local council there were strict rules for the outdoor workers on when they had to stop work due to high temperatures. The indoor workers in offices etc had a different set of temperature standards.