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A safety Bill that facilitates the national introduction of electronic fatigue diaries in the heavy vehicle sector has passed Queensland Parliament, after the State Transport Minister promised it wouldn't lead to Big Brother-style industry monitoring. Meanwhile, two Queensland workers' comp Bills were read for the second time last night.

• New apps guide could influence workplace wellbeing programs;
  
• WorkSafe replaces ousted chairperson;
  
• Queensland introducing amended workers' comp Bill; and
  
• Tasmania promises to retain strong WHS laws.

An employer's failure to ensure its safety documents covered all of its operations, and not just its "main game", contributed to a young worker's death, a coroner has found.

• "Steve Irwin" and union fined $273k over WHS entry breach;
  
• Regulator warns of unregistered high-risk work trainer; and
  
• Qld regulator investigating two workplace fatalities.

Queensland's workers' comp Amendment Bill has hit a stumbling block, with a parliamentary committee divided on provisions that restore common law access to all injured workers, and prevent employers from accessing prospective employees' injury histories.

• Stena Drilling Australia fined $330k; and
  
• National safety Bill gets green light in host jurisdiction.

• Workers' comp reforms commence in NSW today; and
  
• Qld launches WHS self-assessment tool and RTW campaign.

A coroner has slammed a company director's poor knowledge of electrical safety requirements, and a safety inspector for failing to shut down a construction site's power source, during an inquest into a young worker's death.

Two employers have committed to taking a total of 10 steps to reduce the risks of working with plant and equipment, after two machine operators were seriously injured in unguarded plant.

• Harmonisation of explosives laws examined in SWA paper;
  
• Qld releases new safety guides and scaffold warning;
  
• WA releases draft isolation guide and safety alerts; and
  
• NSW tweaks rules on explosion-protected plant.