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Risk assessment overlooked during system change in WA; Carcinogens don't discriminate, says angered Green; and ACT appoints Industrial Magistrate for safety matters.

Most hazardous time of year for workers fast approaching; and Essential safety news from six jurisdictions.

NSW workers' comp premiums fall again; and Safety-court Bill passes in the ACT.

SWA issues musculoskeletal warning and revised Codes; Qld employers relieved by workers' comp change; and Safety inspectors to target ACT hospitality sector.

In this update, OHS Alert recaps all the important OHS and workers' compensation legislative changes made in the third quarter of 2013. We also point subscribers to the most significant court and tribunal rulings and other developments in each jurisdiction.

Severe weather and hand-tool warnings issued in NSW; ACT flags mandatory asbestos training and suspends high-risk licence; and NT adopts new dangerous goods driver training course.

Safety inspectors in the ACT visited more than 2000 workplaces and issued hundreds of improvement and prohibition notices in 2012-13, significantly increasing their presence in some sectors, a new report shows.

WA budget quiet on mirror WHS Act; DMP strengthened with additional safety inspectors; and New ACT Industrial Court will improve workplace safety, says Corbell.

Safe Work Australia has released the final version of its model Code of Practice on workplace traffic management, as well as four industry-specific guides to the Code, while WorkSafe ACT has published a guide on WHS management plans for construction contractors.

Two scaffolding and electricity incidents that occurred in different jurisdictions within two days, leaving one worker dead and 600 electricity users without power, should send a warning to employers involved in high-risk work, according to regulators. Also in this article, WorkCover NSW has expanded its quad bike safety research project.