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• Alternative Safe Rates plan released for comment;
  
• Funding freeze blocks asbestos eradication; and
  
• Employer enters WHS undertaking after asbestos breach.

A Rio Tinto subsidiary has entered the first enforceable undertaking under the Northern Territory's mirror WHS Act, and committed to a large minimum spend of nearly $1 million.

• Safety reprimands better than dismissals, lawyers say;
  
• One-strike policy demanded for asbestos crimes; and
  
• Incident-prevention strategy and alerts released.

In this article, OHS Alert examines new high-risk licensing requirements, fatality reports, safety warnings and guidance from NSW, the Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and the Commonwealth jurisdiction.

• Register for our WHS legal lessons webinar;
  
• Regulator releases details of $700k safety fine;
  
• WA welcomed to national rail safety regime; and
  
• Alerts issued after three fatalities and leg amputation.

This update outlines all the most important workplace safety and workers' compensation developments from July, August and September, including one of the highest safety fines in Australian history, and legislative changes in every jurisdiction.

• Employers told to prevent rather than react to mental health problems;
  
• Four workers' comp reforms commence in NSW next week;
  
• NT sends workers' comp reminder and issues safety alerts; and
  
• NHVR flags start date for electronic fatigue diaries.

• ACTU calls for WHS Regs to be extended to offshore facilities;
  
• Second major workers' comp Bill passes in NT; and
  
• Fatality reports and alerts issued in three jurisdictions.

In this article, OHS Alert examines all the most important workplace safety and workers' compensation news from the second quarter of 2015, including a record OHS fine, a world-first decision on PTSD, and legislative changes in every state and territory.

Harmonised safety laws for the heavy vehicle sector are being amended to facilitate the introduction of electronic fatigue diaries and increase some penalties by more than 200 per cent. This article also examines related safety initiatives in NSW and the Northern Territory.