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• HSR powers and notification rules restored by Qld Bill; and
  
• Qld launches FIFO review and inquiry.

WHS permit holders in Queensland will soon be able to enter work sites without giving 24 hours' notice.

• Minister appointed to reverse Qld's WHS amendments; and
  
• Eight agencies issue safety alerts, publications and other information.

The Queensland Coroner has recommended that Australian Standards for mobile cranes be amended to address free-fall functions, after a worker was killed when he was struck by a section of a power-line tower.

• Queensland Labor promises to reverse WHS amendments;
  
• Abetz renews attack on Victoria's decision to dump Code; and
  
• Victoria launches inquiry into "cancer cluster".

New safety laws have taken effect in most jurisdictions this month, while some planned regulations have been scrapped.

• Five options flagged for WA safety laws;
  
• New WHS regulations postponed in Queensland;
  
• Tasmania's safest employers and workers announced; and
  
• Did you miss our latest quarterly update?

• Queensland's "one-stop" safety shop launches next week;
  
• Poor compliance found in workers' comp campaign;
  
• Queensland's safest employers and workers announced; and
  
• Jail times doubled for health-worker assaults.

A worker whose back injury resulted from repetitive manual tasks has been denied damages, after the Queensland District Court found there was no evidence that any wrongful act or omission by her employer contributed to her condition.

Safety month kicks off this week; and Queensland commits to national rail safety regime.