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The NSW workers' compensation target premium collection rate will increase from 1.66 per cent of payroll to 1.68 per cent in the coming financial year, WorkCover NSW has announced.
South Australia to ban synthetic marijuana detected in workers; WorkSafe calls for change after issuing more than 2000 notices; and "Small" safety initiatives to be recognised in revamped Victorian awards.
Employers warned of height and storage dangers after deaths; Greens to push for automatic cancer compensation for firefighters; Western Australian employers fined for scaffold and guarding failures; and Essential safety news from around Australia.
WorkSafe WA has announced it will no longer pursue charges laid against Laing O'Rourke and three other employers after Cyclone George, but says it will continue its case against Fortescue. Also in this article, WorkSafe WA inspectors have issued more than 200 notices in a two-week campaign.
Queensland employers will no longer pay the lowest workers' comp premiums in the country, with the average rate set to increase significantly for the second year in a row.
Greens to push for union OHS prosecutions in all states; WorkSafe WA reports on fatality, fall-prevention fine and fatigue roadblock; and Essential safety news from around Australia.
The Commonwealth Work Health and Safety Bill will extend the definition of "worker" even further than the harmonised Bills of the states and territories, the Government has announced in calling for comments on provisions that will be unique to the Commonwealth jurisdiction.
