Furniture suppliers will be required to provide safety warnings to people buying large items that can topple and potentially harm young children when not properly secured.
Some 28 people - including 17 children under the age of five - have died in Australia due to toppling furniture since 2000.
"We know young children and the elderly are most at risk of toppling furniture injuries and the most common cause of death is head and crush injuries and asphyxiation," Australian Competition and Consumer Condition deputy chair Mick Keogh said on Tuesday.
