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Right-of-entry fines imposed on two union officials - including one who pretended his name was Steve Irwin - have been quashed by a Federal Court full bench, which found the men didn't seek entry to the relevant site under the WHS or Fair Work Acts.

A CFMEU official who removed safety bunting and entered a construction-site exclusion zone during a cricket match at the Adelaide Oval is one of 15 officials who, along with the union, were fined nearly $940,000 in the Federal Court on Friday.

• Major new RTW and entry rules pass in ACT;
  
• Safety laws passed and amended in Qld and SA; and
  
• Suite of Regulations released for NZ's new work safety laws.

• Union official charged with hindering safety inspector; and
  
• Employers fined $130k for pinch-point and loading breaches.

A CFMEU organiser has been granted an entry permit under the Fair Work Act, despite being one of 23 workers recently fined $1000 for taking unlawful industrial action over a safety issue.

The Federal Government has introduced legislation containing six measures omitted from its previous Fair Work Amendment Bill, including a clause ensuring employees can't accrue leave while they're absent on workers' compensation.

• Employer fined $140k after six apprentices left unsupervised; and
  
• New RTW and entry rules introduced in the ACT.

A union organiser did "as much as he could" to notify an employer of his upcoming site visit to investigate asbestos concerns, a commission has found in rejecting the employer's bid to have his WHS entry permit revoked.

The national model WHS laws are being amended to clarify the reach of provisional improvement notices (PINs), increase penalties for WHS entry breaches and reduce "unnecessary regulatory burden".

A Bill restoring HSR and entry powers passed Queensland Parliament last night, but a clause imposing additional injury-notification requirements on employers was defeated.