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NSW WHS stakeholders are being asked to comment on whether to retain union-initiated safety prosecutions, and on the utility of the State's 20 pre-harmonisation Codes of Practice, as part of a mandatory statutory review.

• Title corporations exempted from NSW WHS Regulation; and
  
• Alerts and worker village guide released in NSW and WA.

• Category 3 WHS offences moved to District Court;
  
• Health plans for NSW mines mandatory in three months; and
  
• Qld's safest employers announced.

• Safety management systems due soon in NSW;
  
• Second coal burst occurs at double-fatality site;
  
• Regulators issue tree, silo and pesticide alerts; and
  
• ReturnToWork SA announces new CEO.

Six WHS Codes of Practice have been amended in NSW, while Safe Work Australia has released a new guide to storing, handling and disposing of workplace carcinogens.

• Employer fined after zookeeper killed by tiger;
  
• Employer charged with category 2 offence after fatal rollover; and
  
• New WHS Code of Practice commences in NSW.

• NSW makes safety regs and code, lauds asbestos changes;
  
• SafeWork SA's new regulatory model commences today; and
  
• Catastrophically injured workers now covered for life in ACT.

In this article, OHS Alert examines the latest safety and workers' comp developments in five jurisdictions, including the release of new workers' comp guidelines, safety regulations, safety alerts and reports.

Three of NSW's mirror WHS Codes of Practice have been updated, while a safety regulator has outlined how to prevent falls from mobile plant and vehicle collisions, following two serious mining incidents.

• New agency to eradicate workplace asbestos;
  
• Regulatory changes flagged for loose-fill asbestos; and
  
• Victoria urged to expand workplace chemical inquiry.