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• WHS manslaughter laws canvassed in another jurisdiction; and
  
• PCBUs told to train personnel in "basic occupational hygiene".

• Auditing tool for ISO 45001 released;
  
• Two more OHS Compliance Codes published in Vic; and
  
• PCBUs charged over motorcyclist's death, face $3m in fines.

The High Court will determine whether the harmonised WHS laws extend to all workplaces and operate in conjunction with other legislation that previously "covered the field", after granting a regulator special leave to appeal against the quashing of fatality-related charges.

A PCBU has been awarded the costs of engaging both junior and senior legal counsel for its successful battle against fatality-related WHS charges.

• Young workers the focus of Memorial Day;
  
• Regulators issue diesel, excavator, generator and structure alerts; and
  
• WHS and insurance awards open in NSW.

• Second worker dies after trench collapse, man killed by truck tray; and
  
• Comcare announces forums, opens awards and locks in conference.

• PCBU fined $142k after toddler killed; and
  
• WHS regulations for mines and petroleum sites amended.

• Major industrial chemical reforms postponed;
  
• Combustible cladding banned in Vic;
  
• New WHS Codes of Practice promised in Qld;
  
• PCBU charged over British national's road death;
  
• Small bumps cause quad bike rollovers, safety researchers find; and
  
• Regulator relaunches $3.2m safety campaign in NSW.

Two major employers have entered enforceable undertakings totalling $636,000 - with one already spending $500,000 on rectifications - after workers were potentially exposed to hazardous respiratory environments.

A coronial inquest into a worker's death has pointed to the differing expectations of safety regulators, and the fact that one's policy on "generational" change could be exposing the current generation of workers to "risks that legally should not exist".