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An insolvency practitioner appointed to a PCBU must exercise due diligence under harmonised OHS laws, lawyers have advised. Also in this article, lawyers have outlined what the new laws mean for the Queensland construction industry.

General manager fined for email breach after fatality; and WA employers fined nearly $90k for guarding and height breaches.

Workplaces in the five OHS jurisdictions where harmonised safety laws have taken effect are now safer and more productive, according to Federal Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten. But stakeholders continue to squabble over the draft model Codes of Practice.

The CFMEU's claim that it should organise elections for safety representatives at a Queensland mine - to ensure representatives' independence - was not supported by the "inadequately drafted" provisions of the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act, the Supreme Court has found.

Fair Work Australia has dismissed an engineer's beard-related unfair dismissal claim after it found it was not unusual or unlawful to require employees to modify their appearance for OHS reasons. Also in this article, a Victorian worker who injured his back eight years ago has been granted leave to seek damages for a mental disorder.

Five jurisdictions will be ready to enact a harmonised Work Health and Safety Act by the end of the month, and three further model Codes of Practice have been endorsed, according to a communiqué on Safe Work Australia's latest members meeting.

Queensland approves 11 harmonisation Codes and amends 24 others; and NSW confirms January start for WHS Act, offers $550K in training grants.

SWA releases harmonisation Q&A on volunteers; NT employers fined over Canadian worker's death; Queensland Govt warns against mine-safety-levy cut, is accused of rushing harmonised WHS laws; Western Australia's new workers' comp dispute system gets underway; and WorkSafe WA releases FIFO fatigue alert.

A Queensland employer that failed to respond to an employee's "reasonable suspicions" that his co-workers were under the influence of alcohol has been ordered to compensate him for a psychological injury.

A special report prompted by a Queensland gymnast's death, and coronial inquests into two white-water rafting fatalities, have highlighted just how critical it is for employers in all industries to undertake comprehensive risk assessments.