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Unions in NSW have regained the right to prosecute OHS breaches - and will retain it under harmonisation - after an amended NSW Work Health and Safety Bill passed through the Upper House on Friday.

Queensland is "leading the way" on harmonisation, after its Parliament yesterday became Australia's first to pass a Work Health and Safety Bill.

WorkCover NSW and the Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) will step up efforts to identify and penalise employers that don't comply with regulations for the transport of dangerous goods, after a performance audit described the State's regulatory regime as "weak".

Breach of "golden" safety rule warranted dismissal; and Aviation deaths, safety alerts and other news from around Australia.

The South Australian Government has reintroduced to its Parliament a Bill that mirrors model Work Health and Safety laws, but retains the State's unique tripartite review committees, which can recommend changes to OHS legislation.

WorkCover NSW funds harmonisation awareness; WorkSafe Victoria announces fatality probe and new campaigns; WorkSafe ACT announces falling premiums, releases harmonisation guides; and Essential OHS news from around Australia.

A Queensland worker's death was caused by his employer's failure to act on a previous incident and replace an absent supervisor, the Supreme Court has confirmed, in ordering the company to pay one of the State's "biggest ever" safety fines.

Two NSW employers that allowed standing on a moving conveyor to become a "routine process" have been fined a total of $200,000, after a worker suffered shocking leg injuries.

Workplace safety charges laid against construction giant Laing O'Rourke in the wake of Cyclone George have been dismissed, after the Western Australian Court of Appeal found a guilty verdict would have imposed a "plainly impracticable" duty on employers across Australia.

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) that are not considered an asbestos-like hazard can still cause lung damage, new research has found. Meanwhile, a union has warned that current OHS regulations "don't cut the mustard" when it comes to nanotechnology.