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A Senate committee has called for the Fair Work Act to be amended to include the WHS concept of the PCBU, and for gig-economy companies like Uber and Airtasker to be held to account for workers' safety and access to injury compensation.

• Five tips to managing worker suicide risks;
  
• Labour-hire licensing scheme passes in Qld; and
  
• New pesticides Regulation commences in NSW.

An injured worker has been awarded nearly $1.7 million after a labour-hire employee negligently caused a collision, with a court finding the labour-hire company never transferred control of its employee to the site operator.

• Workers overcome by fumes after confined-space breach;
  
• Crane operator fined for power line shocks;
  
• Regulators join police in work safety blitz; and
  
• More than 1000 businesses consult SafeWork SA's educator arm.

• Safety disclosures required by new labour-hire Bill;
  
• WHS Bill ensures next of kin are quickly notified; and
  
• Safe Work Australia amendments pass Senate.

A coronial inquiry into the death of a worker has highlighted the critical role that "take 5" assessments and JSAs play in controlling safety risks.

Cleanaway Operations Pty Ltd has been charged with more WHS breaches, attracting fines of up to $4.5 million - this time after a labour-hire worker was killed by one of its vehicles.

A parliamentary committee inquiry has failed to reach consensus on a Bill establishing a labour-hire licensing scheme in Queensland, with some members saying there is no evidence the legislation will "defeat" rogue operators that don't meet their WHS and workers' comp obligations.

South Australia will introduce its own legislation to eliminate "rogue" labour-hire companies, after an investigation into workers' comp premiums found hundreds of millions of dollars in remuneration discrepancies.

In another case that appears to extend common law duty of care principles, a "non-employer" has been ordered to pay an injured labour-hire worker $1.35 million in damages, after its tagging failures allowed an unidentified person to interfere with vital equipment.