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NSW Labor will double WorkCover's inspectorate, return safety prosecutions to the Industrial Court and enact special anti-bullying laws if it defies the polls to win this Saturday's State election.

A workplace where a trainee was killed in a vehicle collision relied too heavily on administrative safety controls for traffic, and didn't assess the specific risks for night shift, a NSW Mine Safety investigation has found.

• Union organiser charged with another safety-related entry breach; and
  
• Retailers unaware of workers' comp obligations.

• All workers urged to take anti-bullying stand;
  
• Australian companies invited to take on world's safest employers;
  
• NHVR changes take effect in Tasmania soon; and
  
• NSW issues mine safety alerts.

• Workers' comp fraudster pretended to be twin brother; and
  
• SA and NSW issue warnings after heavy vehicle fatalities.

NSW workers' comp premiums have plummeted by an average of 17 per cent over the last two years, but injured workers have paid for these cuts, with thousands going without medical treatment or being forced onto Centrelink benefits, according to a union-commissioned Macquarie University study.

• Another drum explosion, another safety conviction;
  
• WorkSafe releases gas-cylinder guidance and alerts; and
  
• NSW releases draft WHS Code on electrical risks in mines.

A NSW coronial inquest into eight quad bike and side-by-side vehicle fatalities will consider a University of NSW study that found the "rollover resistance" of quad bikes was low, and they should be fitted with crush protection devices prior to sale.

• Five WHS Codes for mining take effect in NSW;
  
• NHVR extends fatigue-diary exemption and amends auditing rules; and
  
• NT releases safety guide for seafood workers, says days of ignored lunchroom posters are over.

A groundbreaking international study has confirmed that occupational exposure to diesel engine exhaust can cause cancer. Meanwhile, the NSW EPA has announced plans to require coal mines to develop best-practice ways to cut diesel emissions.