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• Zero tolerance warning comes with new NSW WHS fines; and
  
• WHS Regulation for mines etc amended in NSW.

• Qld applies additional WHS rules to new psychosocial clauses; and
  
• On-the-spot fines applied to more WHS offences in NSW.

• Inquiry into companies' responses to major explosion announced;
  
• Lung diseases and asbestos targeted by Qld grants and workplace audits; and
  
• Clarified WHS Code takes effect in Qld.

• WHS intimidation fine and fatality alerts issued in Qld;
  
• New stair-height rule commences under Qld WHS Code;
  
• WHS changes and criminal checks commencing in NSW;
  
• Truck-fire-prevention guide should be used by all fleets: NSW EPA; and
  
• Occupational licensing arrangements tweaked in NT.

• Current workplace silica exposures to cause 10,400 lung cancers: Curtin; and
  
• WHS Regulation amended with new silica and GHS rules in ACT.

• Express dust ban with $1.5m WHS fine introduced in SA; and
  
• New WHS guidance covers crystalline silica risks.

• ILO's WHS decision to have direct impact on workers; and
  
• Product bans and WHS changes flagged by NSW dust inquiry.

Companies and officers accused of WHS breaches could bear the onus of proving they took all reasonably practicable steps to prevent an incident occurring, while the offence of industrial manslaughter will be added to the national model WHS Act, with Labor taking power in the Federal election on the weekend.

• Council fined over notifiable-incident error; and
  
• Asbestos safety and SRC rules amended by legislative instruments.

WHS reforms targeting the multiple subsectors in Canberra that deal with the hazardous substance silica will start taking effect from this month, under a two-tranche strategy announced today.