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• Gap in palletiser fence leads to death and $100k fine;
  
• Alerts issued after deaths and other incidents in three states; and
  
• Western Australians urged to attend seminars on green WHS Bill.

An employer has failed in its renewed bid to recover $53,000 in workers' comp payments, after the Western Australian Court of Appeal rejected its claim that a building owner was negligent in failing to touch up the yellow paint on a trip hazard.

• Workplace harassment driven by sense of entitlement, says police chief;
  
• NSW issues heat warning and small business safety guides; and
  
• WA employers told to establish coordinated cyclone plans.

• WorkSafe WA granted leave to pursue liquidated company after four industry deaths; and
  
• Employer fined over death three years after initial prosecution.

• Five options flagged for WA safety laws;
  
• New WHS regulations postponed in Queensland;
  
• Tasmania's safest employers and workers announced; and
  
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A PCBU's incident-response plan should include processes for contacting safety regulators and the media, and establishing legal professional privilege, according to an employment and safety lawyer.

• Returning expat miners could spread Ebola; and
  
• Paid domestic violence leave flagged for awards review.

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

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.