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• Innovation Bill could threaten WHS protections;
  
• Labour-hire licensing scheme passes in SA; and
  
• Prohibition notice issued on asbestos-containing pre-school.

• Harmonised HSR powers pass both Houses of SA Parliament;
  
• Death benefits increased and de facto clauses removed in WA; and
  
• WA accelerates FIFO Code, releases four-step anti-bullying guide.

The powers of South Australia's health and safety reps are on the verge of being aligned with those in the other harmonised jurisdictions, with a Greens Bill passing the Upper House last night. Meanwhile, Safe Work Australia has announced its first free seminar for National Safe Work Month.

• Safety disclosures required by new labour-hire Bill;
  
• WHS Bill ensures next of kin are quickly notified; and
  
• Safe Work Australia amendments pass Senate.

South Australia will introduce its own legislation to eliminate "rogue" labour-hire companies, after an investigation into workers' comp premiums found hundreds of millions of dollars in remuneration discrepancies.

• Employers fined for SWMS and secure-storage breaches;
  
• Proposed FIFO safety code extending to all industries; and
  
• SAET to deal with WHS prosecutions soon.

• Inquiry demands better safety and flexibility for older workers;
  
• Employers urged to make online "safety promise", and act on it; and
  
• Two in three respondents want workplace health programs.

• Fatalities drive new EWP training standards in SA; and
  
• Labour-hire plan targets workers' comp breaches in Qld.

A parliamentary committee will inquire into an abandoned fatality-related WHS prosecution, while the powers of South Australian HSRs will be aligned with other states, if initiatives moved by the Greens are passed.

• WorkCover extended to cyclone volunteers;
  
• Priority nurse-safety strategies implemented in NT;
  
• ACT and SA tackle violence and drug-driving; and
  
• Tasmanian WHS Minister unlikely to recover from illness.