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• Safety and workers' comp changes take effect in NSW;
  
• Proposed national road rules affect heavy vehicle sector;
  
• WHS Regulations amended in NT; and
  
• Workplace safety mergers implemented in WA.

• CoR enforcement expanded with new police powers;
  
• New pesticides regulations released in NSW; and
  
• Asbestos, crane and gas warnings issued in two states.

• Electricity and gas safety laws amended in NSW and Vic;
  
• New WHS resources laws underpin three-year WA plan;
  
• Supply chain guides released in lead up to CoR laws; and
  
• Workers' comp medical panel to slash approval times in NSW.

• Triple fatality prompts warning on confined spaces;
  
• WHS competence scheme finalised in NSW;
  
• New black lung training regime coming to Qld; and
  
• MoU increases scrutiny of hazardous facilities in Vic.

• Principal contractor to be billed for safety defects in WA; and
  
• NSW Ombudsman calls for "Asbestos Act".

• ABCC promises Code-compliance assessments;
  
• Dangerous goods laws amended in Vic and Tas;
  
• NSW abolishes safety regulator; and
  
• Anti-violence strategies introduced in ACT and Vic.

• Asbestos and rigging rules waived in NSW and Vic; and
  
• Employers fined over fall and teenager's injuries.

• WHS incentive schemes must focus on lead indicators;
  
• Guidance on new safety duties and fatigue released; and
  
• Three CoR parties fined for one dangerous goods incident.

• Series of WHS developments announced in NSW; and
  
• GHS exemptions revealed for NT.

Australian employers have been granted permission to supply or accept chemicals that don't comply with the new global labelling system after 1 January, while NSW has granted a number of exemptions from the system. Meanwhile, Safe Work Australia has explained how Australian Standards interact with WHS laws.