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FRI
12:12PM

Australia's new WHS strategy targets six emerging issues

Employers are now expected to take greater ownership of the WHS challenges posed by global supply chain pressures and changing technologies - an expectation that will be enforced by regulators under Australia's new 10-year WHS strategy, which identifies six key emerging issues.


FRI
1:42PM

New anti-reprisal laws and safety metrics proposed

Employers in the highly hazardous mining sector could be compelled to adopt better leading indicators of safety performance, subjected to more unannounced regulatory inspections, and targeted by new laws aimed at protecting workers who raise safety concerns, under recommendations from a parliamentary inquiry.


WED
3:55PM

Employers fined for breaching safety duties to customers and other contraventions

Three employers have been fined a total of nearly $1.5 million over an explosion and a structural collapse, including one company that failed to ensure customers transported dangerous goods in a safe manner, and a business that failed to properly instruct personnel on an unfamiliar work procedure.


WED
2:01PM

Second PCBU fined over 4m fall, court rejects third PCBU's bid to block injured worker from testifying

A principal contractor has been convicted and fined over an incident where two workers were injured in a fall from an excavator bucket - an event that has already attracted a high-level WHS penalty and elicited an industry-wide warning from a judge.



THU
2:05PM

Labour providers reminded of their WHS duties as third PCBU fined over powerlines fatality

Labour providers cannot rely on other companies to ensure the health and safety of their workers, a judge has stressed in fining a PCBU over two incidents (including a fatality) that occurred just weeks apart.


TUE
2:43PM

Supreme Court examines supplier's duties at fatality site

A crane supplier that was fined for safety breaches at a site, where one of its workers was killed, has failed to convince a superior court it had little control over the relevant activities. But the court ordered a retrial, finding a key matter was overlooked by all parties.



TUE
2:22PM


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