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Employers have been warned of a new zero-tolerance approach to unsafe scaffolding, after a major audit identified widespread non-compliance with scaffolding standards, and a number of serious safety breaches, like missing key structural components.

The third quarter of 2017 was a busy period for work health and safety and workers' compensation professionals, with a raft of laws introduced or amended in all jurisdictions. In this report, OHS Alert outlines all the need-to-know changes, case law and controversies from the last three months.

• Anti-violence policy standardised and mandated in Vic;
  
• "Fit notes" compulsory in the ACT soon; and
  
• LPG, amputation, roof and dust alerts issued in Qld.

• Cheap controls could have prevented 19-metre near miss;
  
• PCBUs warned after fuel-fire burns and catastrophic engine failure;
  
• "Alarming" safety reports prompt young worker audit in ACT; and
  
• ACT restructures WHS administration.

• Drones supporting WHS investigations;
  
• NSW promises new laws against unsafe building products;
  
• Ministers agree to PFAS plan as Qantas bans the substance; and
  
• Tradies Health Month kicks off tomorrow.

• Man hindered WorkSafe after second man seen on fire;
  
• New WHS Code coming to ACT, safety videos released; and
  
• Electrocutions add to work-related fatality toll.

The ACT Government has scrapped plans to abandon Comcare and establish its own workers' compensation scheme for its 21,000 public servants.

• Go-to tally underestimates work-related death toll;
  
• Employer fined over unverified driver in unsafe truck; and
  
• Alerts issued in three jurisdictions and NZ.

OHS Alert publishes the most comprehensive quarterly updates on WHS and workers' comp developments in Australia. This edition revisits all the major legislative developments and cases in every jurisdiction from January, February and March 2017.

• Two jurisdictions tackle construction and heat risks;
  
• Workers' comp premiums increasing in WA; and
  
• 26,000 reasons to enter Vic safety awards.