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A labour-hire company that failed to conduct risk assessments at a host workplace has entered an OHS undertaking in lieu of prosecution, in a move that could affect the viability of the business in Victoria under the State's new licensing scheme.

• OHS management to guide environment changes;
  
• Industrial deaths inquiry informed of transport risks; and
  
• Safety strategies outlined for Farm Safety Week.

• WHS Code changes expand enforcement options in Qld;
  
• Proposed dangerous goods Regulations could cut costs in Vic;
  
• Fatality points regulator to alleged underpayments; and
  
• SWA releases priority industry "snapshots".

In an Australian first, the Victorian Government has introduced a 476-page Bill creating an OHS-style general duty to protect human health and the environment from pollution and waste, with maximum penalties of $3.2 million and five years' jail.

• Managers not welcome at workers' medical consultations;
  
• Unauthorised Wiring Rules unsafe, warns Standards;
  
• Labour-hire licensing laws pass in Vic; and
  
• NSW budgets for WHS measures, including at dusty sites.

• Extended officer duties and tougher road penalties pass; and
  
• Bill combines OHS consultation provisions.

• OHS Regulations amended in Vic; and
  
• PCBU and officer charged with plant and document breaches after death.

The Victorian Government has committed to creating a new criminal offence of workplace manslaughter, with 20-year jail terms and the highest maximum work safety fine in the country, while the Western Australian Government is being pressured to honour its election promise on the issue.

• Extended WHS powers recommended in Grenfell review;
  
• Jail time guaranteed under anti-violence changes; and
  
• Second employer fined over severe no-go-zone injuries.

• Auditing tool for ISO 45001 released;
  
• Two more OHS Compliance Codes published in Vic; and
  
• PCBUs charged over motorcyclist's death, face $3m in fines.