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• More workers' comp changes commence in NSW;
  
• Rail and road safety changes take effect in NSW and NT;
  
• Qld introduces safer nurse-to-patient ratios; and
  
• SWA makes 430 changes to hazardous substances lists.

• NSW considering coverage of new RTW benefits;
  
• Lump sum amendment made today;
  
• Workers' comp "re-think" demanded in Victoria; and
  
• Tasmania introduces WHS plan for police.

The NSW Government is making a regulation that will override a recent Court of Appeal decision on lump sum payments and potentially benefit about 6000 injured workers.

• Employers told to prevent rather than react to mental health problems;
  
• Four workers' comp reforms commence in NSW next week;
  
• NT sends workers' comp reminder and issues safety alerts; and
  
• NHVR flags start date for electronic fatigue diaries.

• Workers' comp reforms commence in NSW today; and
  
• Qld launches WHS self-assessment tool and RTW campaign.

NSW's workers' comp overhaul Bills have passed Parliament, with amendments that ensure emergency workers receive the benefits of the changes and the Dust Diseases Board continues to fund research into disease prevention and treatment.

The NSW workers' compensation scheme is being overhauled to provide safe employers with premium discounts of up to 20 per cent, restore a number of worker benefits that were scrapped in 2012, speed up the dust diseases claim process, and replace WorkCover with three separate agencies.

Workers' comp disputes will be simplified, and exceptions made to caps on medical coverage and permanent impairment claims, under recommendations the WorkCover Independent Review Office is likely to make to the NSW Government.

A full Federal Court has confirmed that the Fair Work Act doesn't block injured NSW workers from accruing leave while they're receiving incapacity payments.

Governments are being warned against making "brutal cuts" to their workers' comp schemes as the workforce ages, while WorkCover Queensland has outlined how to improve the health and safety of older workers.