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• Harmonised HSR powers pass both Houses of SA Parliament;
  
• Death benefits increased and de facto clauses removed in WA; and
  
• WA accelerates FIFO Code, releases four-step anti-bullying guide.

Workers' compensation death benefits are being doubled in Western Australia, but the State Government has declined to comment on the new workers' comp Act, which has been in the drafting phase for three years.

The new Western Australian Government could amend its draft WHS laws to include union-led prosecutions and 20-year jail terms for recklessness, and attempt to block the expansion of the Comcare scheme, Labor Party policy documents show.

• Worker fined over manager's death; and
  
• Presumptive workers' comp laws commence in WA.

• WHS Regulations amended for private businesses; and
  
• New workers' comp scheme for WA police announced.

• PCBUs told to provide asbestos registers to inductees;
  
• Workers' comp changes commence in WA today; and
  
• New safety reports, guides and warnings issued in WA.

• CoR laws aligned with WHS Act under host Bill;
  
• Last jurisdiction joins national rail safety regime; and
  
• Expanded cancer comp laws pass in WA.

Australian Standards incorporated into work safety laws and other legislation could become freely available to ensure all duty holders can view and comply with them.

• New workers' comp regulations coming to NSW;
  
• New electrical safety and WHS laws confirmed in WA budget; and
  
• WA extending cancer compensation to all firefighters.

• Safety warnings issued for Workers' Memorial Day; and
  
• What happened to WA's new workers' comp laws?