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A "foolhardy and reckless" South Australian employer has been convicted and fined for safety breaches, after two men who were offered a "feed of fish" in return for their work as deckhands died at sea.

SWA confirms sectors eligible for harmonisation delay; and Victoria and South Australia tweak fatigue laws, as firefighter Bill progresses.

Victorian employer handed hefty safety fine for scaffolding breach; South Australian employer fined for confined-space confusion; and Comcare reports falling funds and increasing premiums.

South Australia to accelerate lower-premium laws; Workplace regulators investigating five fatalities; WorkCover WA increases medical fees and fines employer; and Q-COMP develops RTW site.

An employer that replaced heavy trolleys with golf buggies has been recognised as one of South Australia's safest organisations. Meanwhile, the winners of the WorkSafe Tasmania Awards have been announced.

Only one jurisdiction - South Australia - is on track to reach the target set by the 2002-2012 National OHS Strategy for reducing workplace injury rates, according to Safe Work Australia's latest comparative report.

WorkCover SA reports profit and static premium rate; CFMEU could appeal important drug-test ruling; and Quad bikes by far the biggest killer on farms.

A South Australian regulator has warned that some OHS duty holders currently campaigning against the harmonisation of work health and safety laws might not be complying with current safety requirements.

In this update, OHS Alert outlines all the important OHS and workers' compensation legislative changes made in the third quarter of 2011. We also recap the most significant court and tribunal rulings and other developments in each jurisdiction.

The tragic death of a truck driver on his second day at work highlights the dangers of informal on-the-job training, a South Australian magistrate has stressed in fining an employer $136,000.