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South Australia will introduce its own legislation to eliminate "rogue" labour-hire companies, after an investigation into workers' comp premiums found hundreds of millions of dollars in remuneration discrepancies.

In the first WHS penalty handed down in the South Australian Employment Tribunal, an employer has been fined after a worker was struck by a forklift. Meanwhile, three Victorian employers have been fined a total of $110,000 after a spate of incidents, including one where a worker was struck by an object that fell 13 storeys.

• Australian-first WHS centre announced in NSW;
  
• "Empathetic" injury scheme promised in panel discussion; and
  
• Workers' compensation overhaul defeated in SA.

A tribunal has rejected claims that a psychologically injured worker wilfully concealed her pre-employment history of mental illness, while another tribunal has rejected an injured worker's bid for the costs of his car repairs.

• NTC releases draft restraint guide, flags legislative changes; and
  
• High work-related fatality toll and alerts released.

Two of the first entities charged with reckless conduct under harmonised WHS laws have failed to overturn the charges, with a full court rejecting their claim that their duty to "other persons" was limited to the exact time of their alleged recklessness.

• Fatalities drive new EWP training standards in SA; and
  
• Labour-hire plan targets workers' comp breaches in Qld.

• National ban on toxic foams demanded after Qantas spill;
  
• Public sector injury claims transferred under SA Bill; and
  
• Supreme Court to rule on RTW transitional provisions.

A parliamentary committee will inquire into an abandoned fatality-related WHS prosecution, while the powers of South Australian HSRs will be aligned with other states, if initiatives moved by the Greens are passed.

OHS Alert publishes the most comprehensive quarterly updates on WHS and workers' comp developments in Australia. This edition revisits all the major legislative developments and cases in every jurisdiction from January, February and March 2017.