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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.

• Qld demands national crackdown on asbestos imports; and
  
• Man fined for "tick and flick" high-risk assessments.

"Crazy" self-regulation has been blamed for the return of fatal work disease black lung, after Monash University's final report on the resurgence found one in 14 experienced coal miners could have the disease, and possible victims were deemed fit for work in dusty environments.

• SWA launches new GHS database as Qld bans chemicals;
  
• Qld issues electrical warning, launches mobile-plant campaign; and
  
• WorkCover Qld improves tool for employers.

• Regulator issues decibel warning;
  
• Dangerous goods Code being overhauled again; and
  
• Safety alerts released in three jurisdictions.

The re-emergence of work-related disease black lung in Australia points to a decline in exposure controls and regulatory compliance, a new study has found.

• Modernised WHS laws postponed in WA;
  
• Blood-test Bill passes in NT; and
  
• Electrical, truck and fume alerts issued.

A firefighter with cancer is covered by presumptive workers' comp laws despite actively firefighting for less than half of the qualifying period, a commissioner has found.