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Two new studies, from the US and Norway, have identified common substances that cause kidney cancer in workers.

• Employers get anti-violence powers in ACT;
  
• New safety regulations restrict e-cigarettes; and
  
• NSW releases new workers' comp tool, fees and fatality alert.

• Class action demonstrates ongoing cost of safety breaches; and
  
• SWA releases long-awaited and revised WHS guides.

• High Court rejects Baiada bid in decapitation case; and
  
• Safety regulator debunks illness-cluster claims.

• Anti-black lung strategy commences; and
  
• Property managers unaware of safety duties.

• Border Force takes action against asbestos importer;
  
• CSI fined for electrical safety breaches;
  
• Another doctored high-risk licence discovered; and
  
• New ACT Work Safety Commissioner appointed.

New OHS and equipment-related public safety regulations have been released for comment in Victoria, with the former adopting the global system for labelling chemicals and clauses providing consistency with the national model WHS laws.

Researchers have identified seven jobs that have high staff turnover because workers are exposed to chemicals causing respiratory symptoms.

Australia's asbestos eradication agency has issued a special warning on imported asbestos-containing products, while the CFMEU says independent asbestos testing has confirmed its "worst fears" for the new children's hospital in Perth.

Four employers have now entered into enforceable undertakings, totalling nearly $750,000, relating to an incident where six workers were exposed to friable asbestos during the refurbishment of a Sydney hospital.