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• Vic reveals 2016-17 premium rates, launches safety awards; and
  
• Qld advises "smooth" steps to renewing policies.

• Govt launches inquiry into "impact" of 13-day safety order;
  
• New workers' comp benefits commence in NSW;
  
• Injury rates falling but lost time increasing;
  
• Regulators issue concrete, grave and grinder alerts; and
  
• WA workplace safety awards open.

Two employers have been fined a total of $690,000 for serious safety incidents involving labour-hire companies, with one resulting in the death of a 15-year-old boy. In the other, a migrant worker sustained extensive burns after being told he had to use an online dictionary to translate his work instructions into his native Mandarin.

• Director fined for abusing, hindering safety inspectors;
  
• Government fast-tracking Safe Rates abolition; and
  
• WA announces another record-low premium rate.

This latest instalment of OHS Alert's long-running quarterly update series, dating back to 2004, outlines all the major safety and workers' compensation developments in every jurisdiction from January, February and March 2016.

Workers in the health sector are at significant risk of being bullied and harassed because employers are failing to tackle the issue through risk management frameworks or hold senior staff accountable for inappropriate behaviour, the Victorian Auditor-General has found.

• New agency to eradicate workplace asbestos;
  
• Regulatory changes flagged for loose-fill asbestos; and
  
• Victoria urged to expand workplace chemical inquiry.

WorkSafe Victoria has released a Q&A to clarify its new safety rules for quad bikes, while the Queensland Government has flagged plans to crack down on the high quad-related death toll. Also in this article, employers have been told to properly immobilise heavy vehicles, after a worker was crushed.

• Injured worker denied costs for questionable "aids"; and
  
• Employer commits $100k to safety under EU.

• Agencies release new guides on hazardous substances; and
  
• Carbon monoxide poisoning costs employer $43k.