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Doctors will be required to specify what injured workers "can do", and common law claim access will be restricted, under two of 171 recommendations for Western Australia's new workers' comp statute.

A worker's stress injury is compensable because it arose from an unreasonable "surprise attack" performance meeting, a judge has confirmed in rejecting an employer's appeal.

A Victorian business owner died from exposure to a chemical that has been linked to a host of worker fatalities and banned in Europe, highlighting the need for stringent work practices, a Coroner has found.

Hundreds of truck drivers were caught drug-driving or illegally using their mobile phones, while thousands of diary breaches were detected, during the recent multi-agency blitz of the heavy vehicle industry. Meanwhile, a Western Australian transport company has been fined for dangerous goods offences.

A man who fractured his neck and spine while performing a job for a friend's company wasn't a "worker" at the time of the incident and isn't entitled to workers' compensation, the Tasmanian WRCT has found.

Safety-undertaking pool tops $24m in Qld; Vic and Tas flag mandatory jail time for assaults on police; and WA considering exemptions to successful sentencing regime.

A worker has successfully argued that it was impossible to prove his back injury had "shifted" from being work-related to a degenerative condition.

NSW's workers' comp regulations will be amended immediately to ensure amputees and some other injured workers have access to medical aids and benefits until retirement age, State Finance Minister Dominic Perrottet has announced.

Employer fined for injury on poorly designed machine; Cootes faces further charges for unsafe heavy vehicles; Employers urged to secure outdoor worksites in adverse weather after death; Tradies ignoring aches and pains urged to improve health; and Mandatory asbestos training laws come into effect next week.

The Fair Work Commission has rejected an ill worker's bid for stop-bullying orders, but warned that her employer and general manager's "vigorous" response to her application - including their unfounded claim that she was an "extremely difficult employee" - could jeopardise her return-to-work prospects.