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• New mine safety and heavy vehicle laws commence in Victoria;
  
• ARPANSA's safety powers expanded; and
  
• Red-tape reduction Bill passes in ACT.

Two employers have been fined a total of nearly $640,000 for breaching NSW's mirror WHS Act, after workers were killed in separate front-end loader and crane incidents.

• Mobile-plant death prompts safety warning;
  
• World-first mine safety Code now available online; and
  
• Queensland honours killed miners.

• Employer and dentist fined after WorkSafe investigations; and
  
• WA introduces world's first safety Code for autonomous mining.

A safety Bill that facilitates the national introduction of electronic fatigue diaries in the heavy vehicle sector has passed Queensland Parliament, after the State Transport Minister promised it wouldn't lead to Big Brother-style industry monitoring. Meanwhile, two Queensland workers' comp Bills were read for the second time last night.

An employer's failure to ensure its safety documents covered all of its operations, and not just its "main game", contributed to a young worker's death, a coroner has found.

• "Steve Irwin" and union fined $273k over WHS entry breach;
  
• Regulator warns of unregistered high-risk work trainer; and
  
• Qld regulator investigating two workplace fatalities.

• Employer fined $150k over remote-worker death;
  
• Abetz urges all work stakeholders to consult deemed diseases list;
  
• SA flu victims told to stay away from work in light of high case rate;
  
• WA releases three safety guides and issues dangerous goods warning; and
  
• Victoria updates "Injury Hotspots" tool.

A coronial inquiry into the 2012 fire and crane collapse at the University of Technology Sydney has outlined what a contractor has done to prevent a similar incident occurring, and commended Lend Lease's evacuation of the site.

• Employers warned after spate of workplace pedestrian deaths;
  
• Safety regulator launches powder coating and hospital campaigns; and
  
• Mesothelioma registry reports hundreds of new diagnoses.