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• WHS Code of Practice approved in ACT, in rare move; and
  
• WHS Regulation remade with new diesel rules in NSW.

• Unprecedented COVID notice highlights broad WHS duties; and
  
• Main WHS risks and duties clarified after rise in electric shocks.

• New "passport" process adds "dignity" to workplace adjustments;
  
• WHS regulator clarifies "direct supervision" duties; and
  
• Duty holders warned against scaffolding modifications.

• SWA finalises model WHS Code on psychosocial hazards;
  
• OHS Code on tackling language barriers released in Vic; and
  
• Silica advice and revised WHS Codes issued in ACT.

• WHS recommendations released with fatality memorial in ACT; and
  
• Proactive anti-harassment duties proposed in NT.

• Manslaughter charge laid after forklift death;
  
• Transition time allowed for new WHS clauses in ACT; and
  
• New injury dispute system sidesteps "unethical" decisions in Vic.

• PCBU fined $450k over fatality, another charged;
  
• New digital system slashes SafeWork NSW registration times; and
  
• WHS warning issued to NT's high-risk licence holders.

Canberra PCBUs will be required to report actual or suspected incidents of s-xual assault to the WHS regulator, and be blocked from entering into insurance contracts against WHS penalties, under a Bill that implements a string of Marie Boland's safety recommendations, and cements injured workers' leave-accrual rights.

The ACT's WHS Act could be amended to transfer the authority to initiate prosecutions from the Director of Public Prosecutions to the WHS regulator or commissioner, in a move that some stakeholders believe would increase the number of duty holders held to account and better deter unsafe workplace practices.

A WHS regulator has called for members of the public to report any substandard safety practices they witness, and warned that the absence of suitable workplace amenities continues to be a major problem in one industry.