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A Victorian employer has been ordered to pay WorkCover more than $1.76 million in premiums and penalties, after the Court of Appeal found it had been paying workers' comp premiums under the wrong industry classification.

A crane driver left tetraplegic after falling 1.5 metres to the ground has failed to prove his accident, which he cannot remember and no one saw, was caused by the negligence of any of the four companies operating at a Western Australian Goldfields site.

NSW employers get good news on premiums; Federal Government to ratify ILO asbestos and OHS Conventions; and SWA reports declining fatality rate.

A NSW worker who was seriously injured at a late night party at her employer's premises has won compensation, in a case that sends a warning to all employers on their liability in cases involving social functions.

WorkSafe WA has announced it will no longer pursue charges laid against Laing O'Rourke and three other employers after Cyclone George, but says it will continue its case against Fortescue. Also in this article, WorkSafe WA inspectors have issued more than 200 notices in a two-week campaign.

The manufacturer of a piece of equipment has been ordered to pay half of an injured Tasmanian worker's $400,000 damages bill, after the Supreme Court found it had been obliged, during the design process, to consider the safety of inattentive users.

Bullying problem perseveres as damages awarded for racist joke; Widow wins workers' comp after red-back death confirmed; and Commonwealth workers one step closer to recess compensation.

Australia Post's failure to provide a Northern Territory area supervisor with formal safety training has cost it $175,000 in costs and fines.

An employer cannot be expected to have systems in place to identify and accommodate the "particular psychological vulnerabilities" of all of its workers, a judge has ruled in rejecting a QR Ltd employee's compensation claim.

Queensland employers will no longer pay the lowest workers' comp premiums in the country, with the average rate set to increase significantly for the second year in a row.