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• EU commitment tops $932k after labour-hire worker struck; and
  
• WHS benefits of new hybrid vehicle highlighted.

The national model Work Health and Safety Regulations have been amended to expressly ban hazardous work processes and update references to certain Australian Standards.

Researchers have called for "crucial" preventative strategies for workers struggling with asthma, and have identified jobs and chemicals that escalate the risk of one of the most common cancers among male workers.

• OHS fines up in Vic, premium hike confirmed;
  
• Supply chain probe demanded after second school bus crash; and
  
• Motion to push for engineered stone ban blocked by NSW Labor.

• Five workplace safety Codes under review in NSW; and
  
• WHS regulator hits the slopes.

A company accused of breaching Fair Work laws by blocking a union official from testing respirable dust levels, on a major project, has claimed it complies with all air-monitoring-related WHS rules, and the suitability of the union's testing device is questionable.

• Burnout benefits axed and premiums up under Vic overhaul;
  
• Employer faces $200k penalty under blood monitoring charges; and
  
• WHS training deadline approaching in ACT.

European researchers have identified factors that increase the likelihood of workers contracting the flu, and the occupations most vulnerable to infection.

Elected health and safety representatives will be specially trained to apply and enforce the new WHS regulations on psychosocial hazards like bullying and poor organisational justice, under the Federal budget's $27.4 million package for improving the "safety and fairness" of workplaces.

A major employer has been fined $180,000 for failing to require workers to wear respiratory protective equipment, and other omissions, at a site where an administrative employee developed silicosis. A union described the penalty as "loose pocket change" that won't deter unsafe practices.