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• Employer fined $140k after six apprentices left unsupervised; and
  
• New RTW and entry rules introduced in the ACT.

• Employer fined for ignoring safe unloading process;
  
• NSW issues forklift safety warning; and
  
• Workers' comp changes commence in the ACT.

• New mine safety and heavy vehicle laws commence in Victoria;
  
• ARPANSA's safety powers expanded; and
  
• Red-tape reduction Bill passes in ACT.

Doctors in the ACT have been directed to use "fit notes" to help sick and injured workers return to work as soon as possible, in the first stage of a plan to implement the new certificates nationally under the Comcare scheme, the Federal Employment Minister announced today.

• Discriminatory text messages lead to $10k damages bill;
  
• WorkSafe Victoria appoints CEO and launches claims app; and
  
• ACT Bill amends workers' comp Act and other legislation.

The workers' compensation schemes in five jurisdictions will be amended, and employer premiums increased, under one of the Federal Government's preferred options for ensuring catastrophically injured workers are supported for life.

Comcare has assured Commonwealth agencies and licensees that their premiums won't increase as a result of the ACT leaving the scheme, while the Federal Employment Minister says he hopes to scrap "over generous" workers' comp benefits that make the scheme unviable for entities like the ACT.

The Federal Government has introduced an SRC Amendment Bill to enable Comcare to collect "exit contributions" from authorities that leave the scheme, after the ACT revealed plans to develop a workers' comp system that covers its public sector employees.

• Why the state of connection matters in workers' comp cases; and
  
• NT promises to cut journey claims and introduce "fit notes".

Workers' comp Bill clarifies cross-border conundrum in ACT; Employer breached terms of high-risk licence exemptions; and Alerts issued after high-risk work incidents.