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Unsafe employer and workers' comp fraudster fined in Victoria; and Essential safety news from eight jurisdictions.

The partner of South Australian worker Brett Fritsch - whose death led to the notorious OHS prosecution of Ferro Con - has lost her appeal against a workers' compensation ruling.

SA workers' comp reform Bill promised within three months; and Victorian regulators release new safety guides.

SA's high premiums locked in for at least 15 months; and Rau retains safety portfolio as Greens step up firefighter fight.

The number of workers' comp claims lasting longer than two weeks has dropped "significantly" in South Australia in recent months, but the State's high premium rates won't fall without legislative reform, according to WorkCover SA chief executive Greg McCarthy.

Fake safety inspectors threatened with $10k fines; More Cootes trucks grounded; Deaths of worker and cyclist prompt truck-safety warnings; and Farm fatality rate increases.

Reintroducing common law access under the proposed WorkCover SA overhaul will add complexity without improving safety, according to a Donaldson Walsh Lawyers partner, who adds that workers with significant injuries could lose out under the reforms.

Employers are again being urged to ask visiting workplace health and safety inspectors for identification, after two people who weren't inspectors threatened to fine companies and workers for breaching the WHS Act in South Australia last week.

In this article, OHS Alert revisits all the important work health and safety and workers' compensation legislation news from the final quarter of 2013. We also examine the most significant court and tribunal rulings and other developments in each jurisdiction.

Injured South Australian workers will have access to common law damages under the proposed overhaul of the State workers' compensation scheme, according to a new policy statement, which also promises much lower premiums for employers.