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The Queensland Government has been warned against using the results of a short small-business survey to justify the "watering down" of its mirror WHS Act, with unions urging the State to instead expand a program that focuses on employers with poor safety records.

The Queensland Government has launched a 15-question survey for small businesses that it says will help determine whether the State's mirror WHS Act should be amended.

Western Australian and Queensland employers have been ordered to pay more than $100,000 in fines and costs after one worker was seriously injured while loading a vehicle for an untrained driver, and another fell through an unprotected void.

Victorian jailed for working interstate while on workers' comp; Hundreds of Queensland coal seam gas sites to be targeted under safety plan; New fatigue research centre established; SWA tally reveals high death rate in construction sector; and Information issued on carbon monoxide, mould and electrical installations.

Right of entry provisions to change; Queensland unions demand answers over delay of workers' comp review; NSW worker fatally struck by reversing loader; ACT offers funds for workplace health and wellbeing initiatives; and South Australian Return to Work Awards open.

A Queensland labour-hire worker who injured his back while moving crates has been awarded $43,000 in damages, after the Supreme Court was told the trolleys provided for the task were impractical.

The NSW Independent Transport Safety Regulator (ITSR) has outlined new drug and alcohol requirements for rail safety workers, after a worker was convicted for diluting a urine sample. Also in this article, Queensland and Victorian employers have been fined for height and traffic-management breaches.

Heavy vehicle amendment Bill passes Queensland Parliament; SWA releases new WHS guides on health monitoring; Western Australian resources sector records first ever fatality-free year; and WorkSafe Victoria investigating fall death.

An employer has entered into a $274,000 enforceable undertaking with Workplace Health and Safety Queensland, after it failed to adequately guard a bench saw or provide a formal OHS system.

CFMEU issues heat policy after builders "forced" to work in heatwave; AWU calls for action after two firefighters killed; Queensland workers' comp report delayed as QCU issues protest warning; Unions campaign for more asbestos-eradication funds; and New health tests for rail workers must be matched by wellness programs, says RBTU.