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• Take WHS notices "more seriously", lawyers tell PCBUs;
  
• SWA repeats call for comments on national WHS review; and
  
• Safety protections for emergency workers commence in Vic.

• WHS amendments pass and commence in NSW;
  
• Employers' upcoming surveillance rights blocked by ACT Bill; and
  
• Five OHS Compliance Codes published in Vic.

• Major industrial chemical reforms postponed;
  
• Combustible cladding banned in Vic;
  
• New WHS Codes of Practice promised in Qld;
  
• PCBU charged over British national's road death;
  
• Small bumps cause quad bike rollovers, safety researchers find; and
  
• Regulator relaunches $3.2m safety campaign in NSW.

• Bipartisan support for IR manslaughter laws demanded in SA;
  
• Offshore laws could be aligned with model WHS Act; and
  
• Fall-prevention codes open for comment in Vic.

The Tasmanian Labor Party will review Queensland's new industrial manslaughter laws and introduce mirror provisions within a year if it wins the upcoming State election. Three other states could also be on the verge of introducing the laws.

Labour-hire licensing and workers' comp Bills have passed Victoria's Lower and Upper Houses of Parliament, while NSW has made a declaration on WHS certificates of competence, and Western Australia has published a new Code of Practice for emergency management.

• New electrical safety laws introduced in Vic; and
  
• Qld makes new WHS Code for water activities.

Employers should prepare for greater regulatory scrutiny of their processes for consulting workers on health and safety issues, with the Victorian Government accepting every recommendation from an enforcement review.

• NSW makes WHS Code and amends regulations;
  
• Tough building safety laws commence on Monday;
  
• New drug testing regime for rail workers introduced in Vic; and
  
• Electrical standards Code commences in Tas.

Companies or officers who have breached work health and safety or workers' comp laws within the last five years will be blocked from providing labour-hire services under Victoria's new licensing scheme.