Browsing: WHS legislation, regulations, standards and codes (SA) | Page 4

• WHS amendments mandate "competent" managers in SA;
  
• WHS conviction and $400k fine followed by NSW blitz; and
  
• Beaconsfield rescuer fronts worker and family support group.

• WHS Amendment Bill bypasses health privacy laws in NSW;
  
• WHS regulators issue warnings after lion attack, other incidents;
  
• Qld announces workers' comp premium rate for 2020-21; and
  
• Labour-hire licensing scheme narrowed in SA.

• COVID-19 work recovery plans due now;
  
• Workplace COVID-19 controls mandated in Tas;
  
• COVID-19 lift policy and 15-minute rule announced in NT;
  
• Coronavirus construction checklist launched in Vic; and
  
• SA's workplace silica threshold halving in two weeks.

A regulator has been blocked from re-opening a case, recently dismissed by the High Court, against a worker who was awarded lump sum payments for injuries caused by opioid medication.

Three major employers have been applauded for rolling out defibrillators across their sites, while other workplaces have been urged to "do their bit", on the introduction of a South Australian Bill mandating the installation of the life-saving devices in certain buildings and vehicles.

• BHP failed to mark unsafe work road;
  
• Parliamentary committee seeks feedback on NT manslaughter Bill; and
  
• Bill narrows labour-hire scheme with WHS test in SA.

• Landmark PTSD laws commence as $6m wellbeing plan launched;
  
• Vic reintroduces cancer laws in controversial format; and
  
• Dangerous goods regulations amended in SA.

• Federal Court concerned by timing of HSR's dismissal;
  
• Anti-violence Bills introduced in two states; and
  
• Workers' comp Bill removes step-down payments for Tas police.

The South Australian Greens are introducing a WHS Amendment Bill to create the offence of industrial manslaughter with an "emergency" defence, while Federal Labor has hinted at plans to better harmonise WHS laws, in addition to introducing the offence nationally.

Yesterday's sentencing of South Australia Police (SAPOL) over the death of an employee in a freezer has provided crucial WHS lessons for PCBUs with workers who work alone. Meanwhile, the State Government has flagged laws to protect the health of emergency workers from "disgusting behaviour".