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• Chemicals alert issued with GHS transition period expiring;
  
• New WHS dust regulations further amended in ACT;
  
• Controversial ACT COVID notice followed by WHS amendment; and
  
• RTW guide highlights "the most important relationship".

• Protections against workplace harassment strengthened in Qld;
  
• Confined-space robot among WHS winners in WA; and
  
• Year-round safety urged at end of national WHS month.

• Qld applies additional WHS rules to new psychosocial clauses; and
  
• On-the-spot fines applied to more WHS offences in NSW.

• WHS discussions urged ahead of COVID changes; and
  
• Safety Bill amends new direct-employment provisions in Qld.

• New WHS review to examine Qld manslaughter laws; and
  
• Fatality probe to consider impact of pandemic on WA ag sector.

• Inquiry into companies' responses to major explosion announced;
  
• Lung diseases and asbestos targeted by Qld grants and workplace audits; and
  
• Clarified WHS Code takes effect in Qld.

• WHS intimidation fine and fatality alerts issued in Qld;
  
• New stair-height rule commences under Qld WHS Code;
  
• WHS changes and criminal checks commencing in NSW;
  
• Truck-fire-prevention guide should be used by all fleets: NSW EPA; and
  
• Occupational licensing arrangements tweaked in NT.

Legislation banning workers' compensation "claim farming" has passed Parliament, while a Bill increasing workplace protections for s-xual harassment victims and independent vehicle drivers has been introduced, and a mental health levy has been announced for large employers, across a busy few days in Queensland.

• WHS changes to follow Qld inquest into nine quad deaths; and
  
• Business charged with breaching safety duties to killed camper.

• Workplace harassment to be tackled by IR changes in Qld; and
  
• Beware workplace power imbalances on Valentine's Day.