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• Future of Safe Rates Tribunal under review;
  
• Two jurisdictions adopt new heavy vehicle safety manual;
  
• High OHS standards urged for "sharing economy" in Tas; and
  
• Range of safety and RTW developments announced in SA.

The South Australian Government has hinted that a range of sectors could be made exempt from new time caps on workers' comp benefits, after agreeing to provide indefinite income support to injured police officers.

The South Australian Government is facing increasing pressure from all sides of politics to reverse the "harsh" 30 per cent whole person impairment threshold in its Return to Work Act. Meanwhile, South Australia has established a new IR body to replace the SafeWork SA Advisory Council and two other committees.

• Transition to new Act threatens injured worker's benefits; and
  
• New Employment Tribunal makes first workers' comp decision.

• Full bench blocks bullied worker's reinstatement bid; and
  
• ReturnToWork SA reports further improvements.

• First WHS enforceable undertaking in SA includes low spend;
  
• SA workers' comp disputes transition to new tribunal.

• One hundred changes made to Commonwealth WHS Regulations; and
  
• Multiple workers' comp and safety changes taking effect in SA.

With South Australia's new workers' comp laws taking effect in a matter of weeks, ReturnToWork SA's chair has outlined three areas employers should focus on to ensure they're ready for the new scheme.

• Prevention of adverse action claims better than cure; and
  
• Capacity certificates to speed up RTW in SA.

South Australia's workers' comp regulator has wiped out its $1.132 billion unfunded liability, and has set a record-low average premium rate for 2015-16.