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

New safety laws have taken effect in most jurisdictions this month, while some planned regulations have been scrapped.

• 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.

• UK employer fined $700k over "predictable" death;
  
• SWA and WA release fatality report and alerts;
  
• Individual fined for dangerous goods storage breaches; and
  
• Couple fined $40k for helmet breaches.

Western Australia will retain a separate dangerous goods safety Act after it introduces mirror WHS laws, but will consolidate its six sets of dangerous goods regulations into an "omnibus" package, the State Government has announced.

• Fatalities highlight need for individual JSAs;
  
• Forklift complaints in log book ignored prior to death; and
  
• Anti-bullying claims rate falls despite recent prediction.

A parliamentary committee has warned that a gap in safety legislation is exposing FIFO workers to bullying and other risks at accommodation facilities, and accused Rio Tinto of 'underplaying' the impact of FIFO work on mental health.

• Gap in palletiser fence leads to death and $100k fine;
  
• Alerts issued after deaths and other incidents in three states; and
  
• Western Australians urged to attend seminars on green WHS Bill.

• 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.

• WorkSafe WA granted leave to pursue liquidated company after four industry deaths; and
  
• Employer fined over death three years after initial prosecution.