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• High fines for infection-control breaches coming to Qld;
  
• Employers urged to get free WHS advice in SA; and
  
• Comcare supports anti-bullying day, releases major stats report.

• Anti-bullying jurisdiction commences in Qld; and
  
• Dangerous goods amendments postponed in WA.

Harmonised rail safety laws will apply in every state and territory within four months, after a mirror National Law Bill passed Queensland Parliament last night.

• Safety-recall laws and other Bills progress in Vic; and
  
• SA and Qld step up action against unsafe foams.

• Move your monitor to reduce strain injuries;
  
• New safety rules for quads and other vehicles commence in Qld;
  
• Alerts issued after trainee crash and gas incidents; and
  
• Did you miss our latest quarterly update?

• On-the-spot fines added to WHS Regs in Qld;
  
• GHS advice issued in WA and Tas; and
  
• Electrical safety amendments released for comment in WA.

Two employers could not have prevented a worker from making the mistake that caused his injury by providing him additional instructions, an appeal court has found in quashing the man's damages claim.

• WHS-style CoR laws pass, implementation period begins; and
  
• Trailer and battery warnings issued in WA.

New anti-bullying laws and other industrial relations reforms passed Queensland Parliament early this morning. The changes, according to one MP, are desperately needed to tackle the widespread "toxic" working environments within local government.

• Start date flagged for new CoR laws;
  
• Customer injury ends in $90k safety fine; and
  
• Employer defied prohibition notice.