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• Queensland's "one-stop" safety shop launches next week;
  
• Poor compliance found in workers' comp campaign;
  
• Queensland's safest employers and workers announced; and
  
• Jail times doubled for health-worker assaults.

A major employer has slashed the injury rate in one of its businesses by introducing journey management plans, a safety ownership program and other initiatives, according to its latest sustainability report.

A senior departmental officer has assured critics of the SRC Amendment Bill that Comcare has the expertise and resources to regulate complex, heavy industries.

Reducing suicide rates under Mates in Construction's suicide-prevention strategy is not only good for workers and their families, but saves industry and government millions of dollars, according to a report.

An employer that failed to include a risk-response process in a machine's standard operating procedure has been fined nearly $50,000, after a worker was dragged into the machine and suffered severe leg fractures.

• SWA to transform WHS reporting under 10-year plan; and
  
• New workers' comp laws coming soon in WA.

An organisation has slashed its incident-related costs by 93 per cent, by giving "peer groups" more control over safety decisions and targets, a conference has heard.

Western Australia has tabled a draft mirror Work Health and Safety Bill, which, despite the State Government's long-term position on fines, includes the same maximum penalties as the model version of the laws.

• Fatigued worker's unfair dismissal claim rejected;
  
• Unsafe ladder involved in incident months after ACCC recall;
  
• Alerts issued after deaths and other incidents; and
  
• Vic safety and Qld RTW award winners announced.

A worker whose back injury resulted from repetitive manual tasks has been denied damages, after the Queensland District Court found there was no evidence that any wrongful act or omission by her employer contributed to her condition.