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• Australia crawls towards safer exposure standards;
  
• Regulator reveals strategies behind falling blood lead levels; and
  
• Fatality report and warnings released.

• Don't forget injured workers over Christmas, regulator warns;
  
• "Squeaky clean" policy fails to prevent drum explosion; and
  
• Widespread safety breaches found in Coles blitz.

• Hazelwood inquiry finds link between fire and deaths; and
  
• Qld appoints new IR Minister to oversee safety.

• Employer fined $285k over fatal explosion;
  
• High fine and costs for labour-hire worker's death; and
  
• Fatality caused by lack of training and risk assessment.

• More workers' comp changes commence in NSW;
  
• Rail and road safety changes take effect in NSW and NT;
  
• Qld introduces safer nurse-to-patient ratios; and
  
• SWA makes 430 changes to hazardous substances lists.

Three cases of the incurable work-related disease black lung, wiped out in Australia decades ago, have been reported in Queensland, prompting calls for mandatory, regular chest x-rays for mine workers.

• Stop-bullying orders confirmed;
  
• NTC proposes dangerous goods changes;
  
• More regulators warn of pre-Christmas safety risks; and
  
• Victoria commits $900k to workplace anti-violence plan.

The Essendon Football Club has pleaded guilty to OHS charges relating to the 2011-12 supplements scandal, while the Supreme Court has granted a former player access to AFL documents to help him decide whether to sue the club and the AFL for exposing him to health and safety risks.

In a long-running dispute, a superior court has found that a worker with occupational asthma has a 40 per cent degree of disability, and is entitled to sue his employer for damages.

A court has halved an injured worker's damages award after finding he failed to isolate a pipe before sustaining foot burns and PTSD.