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In this update, OHS Alert recaps all the important OHS and workers' compensation legislative changes made in the third quarter of 2013. We also point subscribers to the most significant court and tribunal rulings and other developments in each jurisdiction.

Employers urged to step up safety focus during October; Government told to tackle rising suicide and PTSD rates among soldiers; and Warnings issued after structure collapse and high winds.

Qld employers urged to check validity of safety summonses; Cancer compensation laws pass in Tas, trudge forward in SA; and Caution urged after concrete panel incidents and welding explosion.

Queensland industry demands common law claim threshold; and Victoria reports record low injury rate.

New workers' comp laws to benefit Victorian employers; Greens vow to continue fight for presumptive workers' comp laws; and Quad bike deaths and injuries increasing in Victoria.

Workers' comp fraudster receives suspended prison sentence; SISA winners announced as new NCSI board elected; and National workplace death toll climbs to 116.

Revised WHS construction Code released for comment; Vic launches firefighter hotline as "presumptive" laws progress in Tas; and Nanomaterials project opens the door to effective toxicity testing.

Five entities have been ordered to pay more than $270,000 in fines and costs, after a teacher was killed, and other safety incidents. Also in this article, two rural workers have been fatally crushed by vehicles.

Project to tackle "misperceptions" over cross-border safety rules; Wind-warning issued after NSW near miss; Work death toll climbs as WorkSafe investigates two fatalities; and WorkSafe releases firefighter, hoist and RTW information.

The Victorian Government has been accused of trying to avoid its obligations to firefighters, in announcing that career and volunteer firefighters who develop cancer will be required to convince a new assessment panel - for workers' comp purposes - that the disease was caused by their job.