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Stakeholders in the harmonised states and territories are being asked to comment on whether the model WHS laws should be amended to include stricter entry rules and less prescriptive regulations - but they've been given just days to do so.

Nine more draft model WHS Codes of Practice - including those covering scaffolding, forklifts and plant supply - have been dumped in favour of guidance material.

Safety-undertaking pool tops $24m in Qld; Vic and Tas flag mandatory jail time for assaults on police; and WA considering exemptions to successful sentencing regime.

WA reviewing strict supervision-related safety rules; and Qld commits to harmonising mine safety laws "where possible".

Queensland will create a "one-stop shop" for safety and workers' comp matters, and "improve" its current mine safety Acts, in the next financial year, the State Government has revealed.

WHS Codes of Practice have been adopted, tweaked or released for comment in Queensland and NSW, while the MUA has slammed a renewed call to scrap the draft WHS Code for stevedoring in the wake of a workplace death.

New HSR and entry-permit rules, higher electrical safety fines and a host of WHS Regulation amendments all commenced in Queensland this morning.

Man fined for WHS "fixtures" breach after child killed; and Queensland replaces Harassment Code with anti-bullying guides.

Employers should embrace rather than oppose safety-related union entry rights, because officials usually enforce the safety standards mandated by company policies, a union leader has said in response to Queensland's new WHS changes.

Queensland's WHS Amendment Bill has passed through Parliament, with the Bill's architect - the Attorney-General - repeating his seemingly incongruous boast that work injury rates are falling under the current laws. Meanwhile, Safe Work Australia is keeping tight-lipped on its position on the Queensland changes.