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In this article, OHS Alert looks at a discussion paper on engineering controls for quad-bikes, the ACT's plan to establish an industrial court for safety issues, new harmonisation guides from Queensland, a Western Australian workers' comp Bill, and more.

The Queensland Government has hinted, ahead of roundtable discussion with industry groups, that it will trust businesses to "do the right thing" on OHS under a less prescriptive WHS Act. It has also "streamlined" health and safety laws for the mining sector.

Queensland employer fined for chemical breaches after workers burned; Queensland hints at plans to amend mirror WHS Act; and Vic Greens to introduce cancer Bill as cancer cluster found at NSW site.

Safe Rates Tribunal commences, members announced; New Queensland emergency and demolition provisions take effect; and Q-COMP and WorkCover boards overhauled.

Queensland has warned it will not adopt model WHS laws for its mining sector "for the sake of administrative harmonisation", and is pushing, instead, to augment its current legislation with provisions of the National Mine Safety Framework.

Consultation required before tweaking SWMSs; ABCC-abolition, maritime-safety and compensation laws progress; and NSW safety awards extended.

Induction flaw ends in death plunge and $250k fine; Employer placed on bond after worker killed by unguarded machine; and Harmonisation guides for major hazard facilities and Queensland rural sector released.

An insolvency practitioner appointed to a PCBU must exercise due diligence under harmonised OHS laws, lawyers have advised. Also in this article, lawyers have outlined what the new laws mean for the Queensland construction industry.

Workplaces in the five OHS jurisdictions where harmonised safety laws have taken effect are now safer and more productive, according to Federal Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten. But stakeholders continue to squabble over the draft model Codes of Practice.

Five jurisdictions will be ready to enact a harmonised Work Health and Safety Act by the end of the month, and three further model Codes of Practice have been endorsed, according to a communiqué on Safe Work Australia's latest members meeting.