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Queensland's controversial 67-page WHS Bill passed Parliament last night, with amendments explicitly excluding lack of intent as a defence against the new industrial manslaughter offence.
Understanding the Victorian OHS Act in the context of the model WHS regime is critical for duty holders, with superior courts, for instance, viewing the unstated objects of the former "through the prism" of the latter's broad objectives, according to the latest edition of Victoria's OHS law "bible". (Read on for your chance to win one of three copies!)
Queensland will push for industrial manslaughter provisions and other safety amendments to be adopted nationally during the upcoming review of the model WHS Act, a parliamentary committee inquiry has revealed.
Victoria is likely to take steps to better harmonise its OHS Act with the model WHS Act within months, in addition to introducing legislation establishing a labour-hire licensing scheme with safety requirements.
The current OSH Act in Western Australia will be amended to increase the maximum fine for gross negligence to nearly $3 million, and increase fines for lower-level offences by more than 800 per cent, the State Government has announced.
Queensland employers and their OHS managers will need to get their heads around even more new safety legislation, with chain of responsibility and FIFO Bills passing Parliament last night.
Western Australia has approved the development of a single mirror WHS Bill, dumping plans for a separate Bill for the resources sector and hinting that the laws will be more consistent with the national model Act than previous drafts.
The harmonised WHS Act in NSW is being amended to include new penalty notice offences to crackdown on high recidivism rates, and to give safety regulators extraterritorial powers.
