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• Employer entitled to sack "strange", aggressive worker;
  
• Victoria commits to "presumptive" compensation after years of pressure; and
  
• Alerts issued after trailer death and heat-stress incident.

Compensation cheat escapes jail, but suspended sentences now abolished; Don't forget about silicosis, warns VWA; Greens motion for firefighters with cancer defeated; and Emergency workers protected by new anti-violence laws.

Seven Victorian employers have been fined a total of nearly $200,000 for safety breaches, while WorkSafe is reminding employers that new workers' compensation laws - and the regulator's new name - take effect on 1 July.

The Victorian WorkCover Authority is entitled to recover damages obtained by an injured worker in the Commonwealth jurisdiction, to prevent double dipping, the Supreme Court has ruled.

In a decision described by the High Court as ironic, a Victorian worker's claim that a WorkCover medical panel failed to give adequate reasons for its assessment of his degenerative condition has been rejected.

Employers that disagree with an insurer's decision on a workers' comp claim should prepare well to make their written and spoken appeal submissions as "compelling" as they can, says employment lawyer Hedy Cray.

Vic workers' comp Bill passes, but second Bill stalls; SA Bill will adversely affect RTW rates and drug tests, says Lucas; WorkCover SA Corporation Bill passes; and WorkCover medical fees go up in Western Australia.

New workers' comp laws to benefit Victorian employers; Greens vow to continue fight for presumptive workers' comp laws; and Quad bike deaths and injuries increasing in Victoria.

Revised WHS construction Code released for comment; Vic launches firefighter hotline as "presumptive" laws progress in Tas; and Nanomaterials project opens the door to effective toxicity testing.

Sick-leave notification policy must be clear, says lawyer; Victorian Government avoids vote on firefighter compensation laws; and ILO convention on seafarer safety takes effect.