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Fair Work Australia has rejected an enterprise agreement that offered protective clothing to full-time employees, but not casuals, after finding it could lead to unlawful discrimination and adverse action.

The gruesome workplace death of an apprentice could have been averted had a host employer spent as little as $15,000 on retrofitting a "deplorably" unsafe machine, the South Australian Coroner has found.

Employer fined $100K over insulation death; Unsafe employer ordered to donate $30K to charity; Safety condition placed on Longford operation; and Unions lying about safety in recruitment drive, says AMMA.

Failure to enforce PPE ends in death and fine; Regulators investigating work-related fatalities and falls; and South Australian safety award winner stripped of prize.

A South Australian manufacturer whose employee was injured when a disabled conveyor belt restarted inexplicably, has escaped conviction thanks to its comprehensive systems for checking machinery and clearing jams.

WA employers face $800K safety fine over prison van death; Employer fined for JSA failure after injury; Explosives warning issued for flood clean-up; and SafeWork SA and WorkCover NSW investigating fatalities.

WorkSafe Victoria calls for comments on workers' compensation Compliance Codes; and more Victorian news.

Western Australian employers urged to install RCDs, and other WA news; Queensland releases guide to complying with OHS laws in flood clean-up; South Australians invited to apply for $50K safety-initiative grants; ACT safety chief reappointed; and Bullying-prevention guides, fatality alerts and other publications.

The TWU has failed to convince a NSW court that saliva swabs are more appropriate than urine samples for testing drivers for drug and alcohol impairment.

SWA reports alarming spike in notified fatalities; NT WorkSafe issues alert after two fatalities in two weeks; Comcare prosecuting John Holland and Transpacific over fall deaths; and Employer charged over insulation death.