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• FIFO Bill targets worker health and wellbeing;
  
• Qld partners with workplace suicide-prevention group.

• CoR legislation reintroduced after inquiry; and
  
• "Day of respect" locked in to make public transport safer.

Proposed anti-bullying laws in Queensland are under threat, with a parliamentary committee failing to agree on whether to pass the State Government's 800-page industrial relations Bill. Meanwhile, another committee has recommended passing Australia's final mirror rail safety Bill.

Employers will be required to notify safety inspectors every time dust concentrations in mines exceed prescribed limits, under new anti-black lung regulations commencing in Queensland in January.

• CoR laws aligned with WHS Act under host Bill;
  
• Last jurisdiction joins national rail safety regime; and
  
• Expanded cancer comp laws pass in WA.

• Safety regulator issues GHS warning; and
  
• New "atlas" to map banned chemicals in Qld.

Workers in Queensland who aren't covered by the Fair Work Act's anti-bullying provisions will be able to apply to a commission for stop-bullying orders, under the State Government's 800-page IR Bill.

• Catastrophic injury Bill passes with major amendment in Qld;
  
• New dust regulations imminent, national plan discussed; and
  
• Transitional arrangements for reach stackers end soon.

• Catastrophic injury Bill stalled by Byrne dispute; and
  
• Mirror safety laws for vessels commencing in Qld.

"Crazy" self-regulation has been blamed for the return of fatal work disease black lung, after Monash University's final report on the resurgence found one in 14 experienced coal miners could have the disease, and possible victims were deemed fit for work in dusty environments.