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A commission has quashed a WHS notice alleging an organisation did not have an adequate assessment process to protect workers from the risk of violence.

A 92-year-old Italian who lives on a Mediterranean island, and claims his dust disease resulted from a working holiday in Australia 70 years ago, is a "worker" within the meaning of Queensland's injury laws, a commission has ruled.

The WHS regulations in Queensland have been amended to improve the harmonisation of Australia's safety laws, while the State has also tightened its "white card" safety training requirements.

• Workers resorting to alcohol in time of widespread stress;
  
• WHS projects tackle language barriers and burnout in NSW; and
  
• New WHS prosecutor appointed in Qld.

A business manager who introduced workplace safety brainstorming sessions, which led to the development of a device that eliminates the need for workers to enter high-risk areas on roads, has received a major WHS award.

A worker who threw a six-kilogram object from an elevated work platform in a "moment of madness", seriously injuring an apprentice, has been found guilty of recklessness and handed a suspended prison sentence.

A commission has overturned a decision to deny compensation to a worker exposed to p-rnographic material and abusive outbursts from her manager, rejecting a regulator's claims that the two had a civil relationship and the worker's psychiatric injury arose from reasonable management action.

• Sick leave restored under Qld's new COVID arrangements;
  
• WHS review targeting HSR provisions in Qld;
  
• "Injured" worker jailed over secret gig economy work; and
  
• Data-matching tools catching injury fraudsters.

A superior court has warned against placing "undue focus" on employment contracts when determining an injured worker's state of connection, in finding a chef's employment is connected to a state with more generous common law rights than the jurisdiction an insurer claims it belongs to.

A PCBU has been prosecuted and fined for failing to ensure forklift loads were properly secured when raised onto high racking, while a company and one of its workers have been fined for breaching safety laws and the "Wiring Rules".