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• Deceitful WorkSafe psychiatrist's appeal partially upheld;
  
• Major changes flagged for Tasmanian workers' comp scheme; and
  
• SafeWork SA launches grants program and high-risk work service.

• Stena Drilling Australia fined $330k; and
  
• National safety Bill gets green light in host jurisdiction.

• ACTU calls for WHS Regs to be extended to offshore facilities;
  
• Second major workers' comp Bill passes in NT; and
  
• Fatality reports and alerts issued in three jurisdictions.

• Stena Clyde plea sends risk assessment warning;
  
• Fatality investigation reveals unrelated safety breaches; and
  
• LPG fire foreseeable and foreseen.

• Register now for this week's health and wellbeing webinar;
  
• Employers and OHS managers invited to self-assess workplace safety; and
  
• Regulator prosecutes unsafe employer and targets noisy workplaces.

An employer has been fined for OHS breaches after a worker was crushed by an unbraced concrete wall, while another has been fined after a worker was dragged into a machine.

• Employer fined $180k after crane crash injures workers;
  
• Scissor lift death costs NZ employer $138k; and
  
• New safety boss announced for WorkSafe Victoria.

The inquiry into allegations of bullying against Victorian Small Business Minister Adem Somyurek - who resigned yesterday - considered the merits of referring the matter to police for investigation and prosecution under "Brodie's law", a Government report has revealed.

Safety-minded primary industry businesses are more profitable than their less-conscientious competitors, according to an Australian Government research committee.

• "Bullied" worker's unfair dismissal claim rejected; and
  
• Worker fined for safety breach at kids' party.