The Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) Acts throughout Australia, state that an employer must provide and maintain a working environment that is safe and without risk to health.
Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004
Division 2 - Main duties of employees
21 Duties of employers to employees
(1) An employer must, so far as is reasonably practicable, provide and maintain for employees of the employer a working environment that is safe and without risk to health
As part of this responsibility all portable electrical appliances should be tested in accordance with AS/NZS 3760:2010.