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• SWA outlines four-step process against psychosocial hazards; and
  
• ISO 45003 guide updated to reflect WHS reforms.

The dismissal of a bus driver, who refused service to three young children because he perceived a threat to his health and safety, has been found valid and fair, with a commission ruling he escalated the incident instead of applying his comprehensive de-escalation training.

A major NSW employer has avoided a WHS prosecution, involving a scissor attack that injured several workers, by entering a WHS undertaking, with a State-record spend of more than $3 million, aimed at tackling work-related violence through "whole of system thinking".

The Department of Defence has been charged with multiple WHS breaches relating to its management of psychological risks and a suicide, while a safety regulator has warned employers against tolerating "low level" gender-related jokes, saying they can escalate quickly into acts of violence.

A government department and a charity, which discouraged workers from seeking refuge in an office in violent situations, have been fined for workplace safety breaches after multiple workers were assaulted by a violent child. Both parties admitted the balance of care was "tilted too much in favour of the [child's] welfare".

A tribunal has upheld a decision to deny compensation to an Australian Federal Police officer who sustained a psychological injury from being disciplined for drinking a beer at an overseas workplace, finding his position required a particularly high standard of behaviour.

• SWA finalises model WHS Code on psychosocial hazards;
  
• OHS Code on tackling language barriers released in Vic; and
  
• Silica advice and revised WHS Codes issued in ACT.

Exposure to physical and psychological forms of workplace mistreatment increase insomnia time in workers, a study has found, clarifying why bullying from colleagues can be more "shattering" than stressors like client-perpetrated violence.

• WHS intimidation fine and fatality alerts issued in Qld;
  
• New stair-height rule commences under Qld WHS Code;
  
• WHS changes and criminal checks commencing in NSW;
  
• Truck-fire-prevention guide should be used by all fleets: NSW EPA; and
  
• Occupational licensing arrangements tweaked in NT.

A former Federal Court judge has found a WHS regulator's post-inquest investigation into the murder of a nurse was "comprehensive and thorough", but flagged WHS amendments around prosecution procedures and information disclosures, given these matters caused considerable distress to the nurse's family.