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• WHS exemptions extended by NSW and Comcare;
  
• Department and contractor face $9m in WHS fines; and
  
• Labour hire and SLOMO laws commencing in Qld and WA soon.

• Workers' comp changes demanded after health survey;
  
• New Code underpins safety amendments in WA; and
  
• Allowance forms part of injured worker's earnings, increases benefits.

• Lack of acclimatisation increases heat risks;
  
• Pre-Christmas period accounts for 25% of workplace deaths;
  
• New safety rules gazetted and made in WA and Qld; and
  
• "Ritualize" available in Tas from Monday.

• Tougher electrical safety laws introduced in WA;
  
• Safety alerts, code and helmet advice released; and
  
• Sustainable workers' comp imaging being pursued in NSW.

• 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.

Western Australia has introduced Bills with maximum workplace safety fines exceeding those in the harmonised jurisdictions ($3 million) and Victoria (nearly $3.2 million).

The current OSH Act in Western Australia will be amended to increase the maximum fine for gross negligence to nearly $3 million, and increase fines for lower-level offences by more than 800 per cent, the State Government has announced.

• Model Act "architect" to oversee WHS reforms in WA;
  
• Anti-violence laws being extended in Tas; and
  
• Workers nearly hit by flyrock in exclusion zone.

• New on-the-spot electrical safety fines commence in Qld; and
  
• Delayed safety regulations take effect in WA.

Western Australia has approved the development of a single mirror WHS Bill, dumping plans for a separate Bill for the resources sector and hinting that the laws will be more consistent with the national model Act than previous drafts.