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A manager's evidence on the support a worker received has helped establish a reasonably arguable case against the worker's claim that alleged bullying and work stress caused her psychological condition.

• Individual fined nearly $50k over five-metre fall; and
  
• More death benefits pursued for gig families.

A superior court has rejected an employer's method for calculating incapacity payments and quashed a ruling that an injured worker was not entitled to interim payments because he was better off under Centrelink benefits.

• Defence faces more WHS charges, this time over two deaths; and
  
• Cancer compensation Bill follows Opposition pressure in Tas.

A worker's police records "have a real possibility of shedding light" on workplace events he claimed aggravated his psychological injury, a tribunal has found in quashing his objection to his employer being granted access to the records.

Businesses and public authorities covered by the Commonwealth jurisdiction's WHS laws could soon face the toughest WHS penalties in the country, under a major amendment Bill that will also introduce presumptive workers' compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder.

A worker who was injured during a car trip between home and work was injured "in the course of carrying out the duties of her employment" because she was transporting a suitcase of files between two offices at the time, an appeals bench has ruled.

• "Most egregious" injury fraudster jailed for 22 months; and
  
• High-risk licence fraud prompts reminder of WHS obligations.

A major employer has failed to block a worker from pursuing compensation for conditions allegedly linked to a workplace incident that occurred 24 years ago, with a tribunal describing the man's new evidence as "very persuasive".

An employer has been deemed vicariously liable for the actions of a worker who negligently failed to safely reverse a forklift, causing a collision that injured one of his colleagues.