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• WHS resources and $1.7m warning issued for World Mental Health Day;
  
• OHS and dangerous goods laws aligning in Vic; and
  
• Beirut chemical disaster highlighted with launch of NSW plan.

• Road death attracts plant-supply charge and fine; and
  
• Exposure limit for coal dust halved under model WHS laws.

• OHS insurance bans take effect in Vic, new chair appointed; and
  
• Employer fined over EWP incident and verification failure.

• Sick leave restored under Qld's new COVID arrangements;
  
• WHS review targeting HSR provisions in Qld;
  
• "Injured" worker jailed over secret gig economy work; and
  
• Data-matching tools catching injury fraudsters.

• WHS penalties promised for RCD blitz across all sectors; and
  
• $100k OHS fine imposed over patient's death.

A company that punished one of its health and safety representatives, for repeatedly raising safety concerns with a health and safety regulator, has been found guilty of and sentenced for OHS discrimination.

A coroner has recommended mandating the use of "secondary guarding technology" on all elevated work platforms (EWPs), following an inquiry into the death of a worker who was crushed between an EWP's guardrail and a roof truss.

An employer that implemented stringent PPE requirements for a toxic substance, but then downgraded them, has been convicted over two exposure incidents, with a court finding its breaches would have attracted a $350,000 fine if it hadn't pleaded guilty.

A coronial inquiry has a found worker sustained fatal injuries after he inadvertently touched high-voltage powerlines with a tape measure from within a "no go zone", and examined engineering controls for preventing such incidents.

• PCBU pays the price for disregarding WHS notices; and
  
• New safety duties highlighted ahead of cross-border blitz.