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• WHS regulator to enforce anti-smoking clauses;
  
• Regulator sends exclusion-zone warning with animated recreation;
  
• New WHS Code of Practice adopted by Tas; and
  
• Body-worn cameras adopted permanently for NT inspectors.

• Safety fines doubled to $10m under NSW asbestos Bill;
  
• Industrial manslaughter promised ahead of Tas election;
  
• Manslaughter jailings needed, says union after Vic fatality; and
  
• Ten WHS Codes amended for GHS 7 in SA.

• Missing signage and access issues among multiple chemical breaches; and
  
• Draft safety laws include mandatory jail for most offenders.

Australia has taken a big leap towards banning engineered stone products, with the country's WHS ministers agreeing to release a "powerful and compelling" Safe Work Australia report that recommends the ban, and warns there is no evidence that alternative measures can curb the alarming rate of silicosis in engineered stone workers.

• WHS insurance bans and other changes introduced in Tas; and
  
• Presumptive cancer Bill applauded for world-first development.

• Many WHS Codes amended for new GHS-7 regime;
  
• Tas adopts psychosocial WHS Code and regulations; and
  
• NSW enforcing new WHS rules for gig work.

• Two unique WHS Codes of Practice adopted in Qld;
  
• Amended direct-employment rule in Qld safety Bill passes; and
  
• Electricity safety laws pass in Tas, PCBUs reminded of WHS Codes.

• Chemicals alert issued with GHS transition period expiring;
  
• New WHS dust regulations further amended in ACT;
  
• Controversial ACT COVID notice followed by WHS amendment; and
  
• RTW guide highlights "the most important relationship".

• New safety consultation and labour-hire laws commence in Vic;
  
• Consolidated electricity safety laws introduced in Tas; and
  
• Workers' comp changes proposed by Tas.

• New harassment laws drive safety changes by ABCC;
  
• New WHS Code covers forest fires and fatigue in Tas; and
  
• WHS awards open in WA, with new category.