WA employer fined for notification breach and drum explosion; Missing locking pin leads to work fatality; and Northern Territory introduces seven-year jail terms for assault of workers.
Harmonised WHS Acts have commenced in South Australia and Tasmania, while in other jurisdictions new Codes of Practice have taken effect, and some transitional arrangements have expired or been extended.
Many Queensland WHS Regulations pushed back to 2014; Transitional arrangements expiring in NT as annual reports released; and NHVR boss appointed as national law amended.