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The workers' compensation schemes in five jurisdictions will be amended, and employer premiums increased, under one of the Federal Government's preferred options for ensuring catastrophically injured workers are supported for life.

The Northern Territory has introduced a Bill that establishes "fit notes", caps injured workers' weekly and medical benefits, and follows South Australia's lead by changing the name of its workers' comp statute to the Return to Work Act.

• Five WHS Codes for mining take effect in NSW;
  
• NHVR extends fatigue-diary exemption and amends auditing rules; and
  
• NT releases safety guide for seafood workers, says days of ignored lunchroom posters are over.

The salaries of junior work health and safety professionals have soared, with those who perform "a lot of grunt work" on project start-ups earning more than their direct managers in some jurisdictions, according to safesearch's 2014-15 remuneration survey.

An employer that negligently exposed a worker to asbestos in the 1970s has defeated a damages claim. The Northern Territory Supreme Court found the mesothelioma sufferer was statute-barred from making a claim, but the man has appealed the decision.

The final quarter of 2014 was a busy three months for workplace health and safety and workers' compensation, with major legislative changes and other developments in all jurisdictions. What did you miss?

In a case that should prompt employers to review how they treat and manage injured workers, the Northern Territory Magistrates Court has awarded workers' compensation to the family of a man who committed suicide after injuring his wrist.

• Capped workers' comp premiums promised for large NSW employers; and
  
• Safety regulators release alerts and other publications.

New safety laws have taken effect in most jurisdictions this month, while some planned regulations have been scrapped.

• Why the state of connection matters in workers' comp cases; and
  
• NT promises to cut journey claims and introduce "fit notes".