Browsing: WHS legislation, regulations, standards and codes (NT) | Page 3

• Manslaughter offence without limitation periods introduced;
  
• WHS Code released and new exposure threshold flagged in Qld; and
  
• SWA releases guide for hazardous prefabricated concrete sector.

• Industrial manslaughter schedule revealed in NT; and
  
• New workers' comp laws and Regulation commencing in NSW.

• Draft WHS Code targets 6,000-plus workers and fall risks in NSW;
  
• New OHS Regulations deliver on silicosis plan in Vic;
  
• WHS Regulations for lead and diving amended in NT; and
  
• WHS innovation and research grants offered by Tas.

The Northern Territory has agreed to introduce industrial manslaughter laws with life imprisonment for company officers within a year, but warned that a review recommendation on workplace health and safety officers (WHSOs) could weaken safety standards.

• Height and housekeeping fines top $200k after new round of charges;
  
• New environment statute with WHS clause introduced in NT; and
  
• Design and load skate alerts issued after crush incident.

• WHS and surveillance changes unlikely after NSW election result;
  
• Four new WHS Codes of Practice coming to ACT; and
  
• Safety laws made in NT and Tas.

The author of the review that led to the introduction of industrial manslaughter laws in Queensland has recommended that senior officers face up to "life" in prison for negligently causing the death of a worker in the Northern Territory. Meanwhile, the Territory has passed laws to protect emergency workers from violence.

• Code-covered builders warned of WHS ramifications;
  
• NHVR approves Master Code for CoR compliance;
  
• WHS breaches block petroleum licences under new NT laws; and
  
• NSW WHS centre celebrates birthday with new projects.

• Presumptive PTSD compensation likely in Australian first; and
  
• WHS reviews announced and progress in Tas and NT.

• WHS manslaughter laws canvassed in another jurisdiction; and
  
• PCBUs told to train personnel in "basic occupational hygiene".