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With just weeks until the Federal election, the ACTU has called for the next government to commit to 13 strategies to improve OHS standards, including restructuring five safety agencies.

A major employer of young people reinvigorated its safety culture by producing a music video featuring employees, its general manager says.

Researchers have identified the worker groups at greatest risk of customer-perpetrated violence, and called for a standardised management tool for "diagnosing, reporting and preventing" workplace violence.

Many safety professionals are "obsessed with disasters" and fail to learn from what "went right" in near misses, according to leading safety lawyer Michael Tooma. He also warns that few employers are taking adequate steps to prevent psychological harm.

A spate of work incidents involving powerlines and poles has prompted warnings from a major energy company and a safety regulator.

A major intergenerational report has driven home the importance of employers reducing the health risks associated with sedentary work among older employees, according to a leading researcher on the ageing workforce.

• Safety controls encouraged for Fatality Free Friday;
  
• Vic initiatives tackle bullying and PTSD; and
  
• New safety laws to protect police and others in NT.

• Employer reveals diesel-reduction strategies;
  
• Employer fined for dangerous goods breaches; and
  
• SWA releases GHS Q&A.

Workers who are bullied are more likely to think about suicide, and organisational rather than individual interventions are needed to tackle the problem, Australian researchers have found.

Nearly every worker in three of Safe Work Australia's priority industries is exposed to at least one carcinogen, while the majority of workers in one sector are exposed to four or more, new research reports show.