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• Triple fatality prompts warning on confined spaces;
  
• WHS competence scheme finalised in NSW;
  
• New black lung training regime coming to Qld; and
  
• MoU increases scrutiny of hazardous facilities in Vic.

New safety Regulations have been made under three statutes in Victoria, and will commence at about the same time as proposed amendments to the OHS Act.

Regulators in six jurisdictions have issued new alerts, reports and guidance, including a guide on work-related respiratory diseases, a report on exposure to diesel exhaust and a terrorism warning.

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.

Employers will be able to conduct mental health checks on their business and identify support programs to suit their needs, under a $50 million initiative launched in Victoria today.

• Two jurisdictions tackle construction and heat risks;
  
• Workers' comp premiums increasing in WA; and
  
• 26,000 reasons to enter Vic safety awards.

A number of Australian jurisdictions have taken steps to identify and ban firefighting foams containing perfluorinated chemicals, but the toxic substances are used in thousands of other products, an expert in contaminated work sites has warned.

From 1 July, failing to preserve a serious workplace incident site will be an indictable offence with high fines, while limitation periods for launching safety prosecutions could be extended or bypassed, under a 30-page OHS Bill introduced in Victoria.

• Employers told to avoid asbestos tester; and
  
• Work safety regulator appoints mental health inspector.

• "Alarming" statistics prompt $3.2m safety campaign;
  
• Deserted worker loses three fingers; and
  
• Anti-violence training for paramedics designed by hostage experts.