NSW is amending its mirror WHS Act to include extraterritorial powers and other recommendations from last year's statutory review, and to exempt police officers from prosecution for WHS breaches committed while dealing with armed offenders.
Safe Work Australia has launched the public consultation process for the review of the model WHS laws, posing 37 questions for discussion and pointing to the reasons why industrial manslaughter provisions weren't included in the Act.
Labour-hire licensing and workers' comp Bills have passed Victoria's Lower and Upper Houses of Parliament, while NSW has made a declaration on WHS certificates of competence, and Western Australia has published a new Code of Practice for emergency management.
NSW employers have been exempted from complying with certain health monitoring regulations because of a conflict between two WHS Acts, while a South Australian PCBU has been fined for failing to monitor the health of an employee who worked with a carcinogenic chemical.
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