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• Major WHS amendments strengthen unions' role in ACT;
  
• Record $55m workplace mental health plan launched in NSW;
  
• Enforcement date for labour-hire scheme postponed in SA; and
  
• WA makes further amendments to electrical safety rules.

A health and safety representative sacked for posting incorrect information that he believed to be true on Facebook, has failed to convince a commission that his conduct resulted from his employer's failure to communicate or consult with him on WHS matters.

• Contractor not informed of chemical hazard;
  
• Procurement policy focuses on WHS performance; and
  
• Major review of WHS compliance regime launched in ACT.

When it comes to managing social media use, the boundaries between personal and work life are blurred, and employers risk regulatory scrutiny and litigation if they ignore issues that arise between workers online, according to a senior workplace lawyer.

• PCBU fined $142k after toddler killed; and
  
• WHS regulations for mines and petroleum sites amended.

A sole trader who failed to ensure a third-party site had a proper traffic management system has been convicted of WHS offences, after one of his employees was struck by a forklift.

• NSW launches WHS consultation kit, cracks down on gas;
  
• WA tackles asbestos imports, trips and workers' comp errors; and
  
• New safety chiefs appointed.

Employers should prepare for greater regulatory scrutiny of their processes for consulting workers on health and safety issues, with the Victorian Government accepting every recommendation from an enforcement review.

A company that provided geotechnical advice to a major construction site, where two land collapses occurred, has become the first entity to be fined under section 46 ("Duty to consult with other duty holders") of Queensland's mirror WHS Act.

Failing to consider the ramifications of organisational change is one of the five main mistakes employers make when it comes to workplace safety, according to OHSS lawyer Alena Titterton.