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• Queensland Labor promises to reverse WHS amendments;
  
• Abetz renews attack on Victoria's decision to dump Code; and
  
• Victoria launches inquiry into "cancer cluster".

• Capped workers' comp premiums promised for large NSW employers; and
  
• Safety regulators release alerts and other publications.

• Employers fined $450k over death after worker's concerns ignored;
  
• WorkCover psychiatrist lied to keep patients in hospital; and
  
• Agencies issue safety advice for new year.

• Employers fined $265k after death and conveyor incidents;
  
• Males dominate injury stats as claims costs increase; and
  
• SWA releases information sheets for construction sector.

• "Injured" worker convicted of fraud after driving racing cars;
  
• Seasonal workers must be covered by workers' comp insurance; and
  
• Comcare releases workers' comp guides for employees and supervisors.

• Serious safety incidents increase in pre-Christmas period;
  
• MP Scott handed VWA portfolio; and
  
• Regulators issue head-injury warning and gas guidance.

Victoria's new Labor Government will review the State OHS Act and the WorkCover Authority's enforcement policies, while the Federal Government's Comcare Bill will face a hostile Senate after passing through the Lower House.

The CFMEU has questioned how a Grocon subsidiary can be fined just $250,000 over three deaths when the union was fined $1.25 million for "speaking out" on safety issues, while Federal Employment Minister Eric Abetz has accused the union of being "pro-drugs" on Victorian building sites.

• Go home on time to improve work-life balance and health; and
  
• VWA issues advice on exposure standards and harvest safety.

• Workplace harassment driven by sense of entitlement, says police chief;
  
• NSW issues heat warning and small business safety guides; and
  
• WA employers told to establish coordinated cyclone plans.