Comcare reintroduces recess compensation; Petroleum employers to pay three new safety levies; and Tasmania calls for comments on no-fault asbestos compensation Bill.
South Australia introduces workplace child-safety laws; ACT enacts new incident reporting requirements; SWA releases premiums update and launches model Regs survey; and WorkCover NSW releases harmonisation Q&A sheets.
Western Australian employer fined for lockout failure after trainee mutilated; New Queensland mine safety laws pass through Parliament; New Victorian injury system to make premiums "more equitable"; and Employers warned of more safety scams.
Safe Work Australia's new compendium of workers' compensation statistics has identified a decline in serious injury claims, and has once again shown there are far more work-related deaths than indicated in its notified fatalities reports.
The model OHS Act was little more than a side issue at yesterday's COAG meeting in Canberra, but NSW and Western Australia "remain engaged" in the harmonisation process, according to a report.
