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Employers to share road-safety success via "knowledge bank"; and Funds pumped into truckie safety as NSW rail-safety culture "grows".

PCBUs should carefully assess their duty - under the model WHS Act - to consult with HSRs who represent cross-PCBU work groups, lawyers have advised.

Workplace incidents will continue to occur unless employees are engaged through consultation and executives resist over-relying on "leading" indicators, according to a global environmental and sustainability consultancy's NSW health and safety manager.

Montara operator fined $510k for safety breaches; and SWA releases 2012 work death toll, as poll supports asbestos-removal plan.

Dozens of Australian employers are tackling worker absences through KPIs and wellbeing programs, according to Direct Health Solutions, whose latest survey has found the telecommunications and utilities sector has the highest sickies rate.

Worker unlawfully sacked for taking leave to care for dying mother; and Latest fatality report identifies high vehicle-related death toll.

The Queensland Government has hinted, ahead of roundtable discussion with industry groups, that it will trust businesses to "do the right thing" on OHS under a less prescriptive WHS Act. It has also "streamlined" health and safety laws for the mining sector.

Employers are being encouraged to pledge their support for a new national anti-racism strategy, and improve their legal compliance and competitive advantage in the process.

Western Australia is one step closer to adopting the harmonised work health and safety laws, with the Barnett Government today calling for comments on an issues paper that examines the "likely impact" of the model WHS Regulations and Codes on organisations and workers.

Simple strategies, such as walking over and talking to colleagues instead of emailing them, can significantly reduce the health risks posed by sedentary work, Comcare says in a new toolkit on the issue.