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Safety month kicks off this week; and Queensland commits to national rail safety regime.

NSW's dangerous goods regulations have been amended to require all tanker trailers to be retrofitted with roll-stability systems, while a Western Australian employer has been fined for unsafely storing dangerous goods. Also in this article, regulators in five jurisdictions have issued alerts after two workers were killed and other incidents.

The Tasmanian Government has vowed to strengthen its mine safety laws and inspectorate, while NSW has moved a step closer to harmonising its mine safety laws, and Western Australia has released another draft version of its guide to mine safety supervision.

A worker who suffered a psychological injury after acting as a support person in a disciplinary process is entitled to workers' compensation.

Being hit by falling objects continues to be one of the leading causes of work-related deaths in Australia, according to a major report, which has prompted questions over Western Australia's increasing fatality rate.

Proposed and actual major changes to the harmonised WHS Acts, as well as surprising developments in the non-harmonised states, dominated OHS Alert's pages in the second quarter of 2014. Check out this review of all the most important safety and workers' compensation news from the three months to 30 June.

SA asked to comment on second harmonisation review; WHS transitional arrangements extended in NT; and Safe Rates Tribunal targets new industry.

Stakeholders in the harmonised states and territories are being asked to comment on whether the model WHS laws should be amended to include stricter entry rules and less prescriptive regulations - but they've been given just days to do so.

A worker injured in a corporate sporting event will have to fight for workers' compensation, after the Tasmanian WRCT found there was no evidence his employer directed him to participate.

Nine more draft model WHS Codes of Practice - including those covering scaffolding, forklifts and plant supply - have been dumped in favour of guidance material.