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A company that uses 3D modelling and motion sensors to better manage work tasks and prevent musculoskeletal disorders has been handed a major safety prize.

An appeals commission has upheld the psychological injury claim from a worker who was ridiculed for pushing for better COVID-safe standards. It rejected his employer's argument that his case was defeated by the fact that an alleged assault never occurred.

Australia's various workers' compensation schemes are likely to be significantly amended or completely overhauled, to reflect recommendations from a first-of-its-kind study using the experiences of injured workers to design a new compensation system.

• Employers fined over crane and public-road fatalities; and
  
• "World leading" workers' comp laws pass in Tas.

A worker who chose not to return home between deployments and suffered a fatal heart attack in temporary accommodation did not die during an "ordinary recess" or on a work "journey", a commissioner has ruled in a dependency dispute.

A worker who was attacked by a dog while working from home under COVID-19 restrictions was injured in the course of her employment, a commission president has ruled in rejecting the employer's appeal.

Significant amendments were made to workplace health and safety laws in every Australian jurisdiction in the third quarter of 2023, including many increasing penalties and making it easier to prosecute duty holders. This major report - the only one of its kind in the country - examines all the need-to-know legislative changes, workers' compensation developments and court decisions from July, August and September.

A worker suffered psychological injuries from bored colleagues targeting her to "pass the time", according to a judgment that also condemns a major employer for traumatising the vulnerable worker in a liability "witch hunt".

Two major pieces of legislation have passed the NSW and Western Australian Parliaments: a WHS Bill nearly tripling fines and doubling jail terms for category-1 breaches, and a complete workers' compensation rewrite that has been a decade in the making.

A worker involved in a car crash on his way home from work had intended to "pop past" another worksite to collect tools, showing he was in the course of his employment when he was injured, a commission has found.