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• UV-related WHS duties apply on cloudy days;
  
• Older workplace buildings targeted in SA asbestos blitz; and
  
• Old workplace safety Code revoked in WA.

Simple "how to" WHS Codes of Practice will be developed under an accepted recommendation from a major inquiry into a spike in agricultural fatalities, which identified risks created by COVID-19, unsuitable imported machinery and industrial manslaughter laws.

The start dates for a range of new WHS clauses have been postponed in Western Australia, while a Bill providing presumptive compensation to certain workers with PTSD has been reintroduced in South Australia.

• Dog-attack death triggers call for high-level WHS controls; and
  
• Transitional arrangements for HSRs expiring under WA's WHS Act.

• $300k safety fine sends warning on pre-start checks;
  
• Three safety Codes of Practice revoked in WA; and
  
• Comcare and WA safety awards open.

• WHS regulator targets psychosocial risk assessments; and
  
• WHS Code aligned with WA regulations.

• New WHS regulations clarify psychosocial duties; and
  
• GHS 7 takes effect in all but one jurisdiction.

Employers will face increasing pressure to comply with their WHS notification duties around s-xual assault and harassment, under legislative and policy changes recommended by a major PricewaterhouseCoopers review, which found some companies engage in "opportunistic and deliberate breaches" of the obligations.

• WHS notification rules for COVID amended by Comcare; and
  
• Multiple WHS changes flagged in WA FIFO harassment report.

• Chemicals alert issued with GHS transition period expiring;
  
• New WHS dust regulations further amended in ACT;
  
• Controversial ACT COVID notice followed by WHS amendment; and
  
• RTW guide highlights "the most important relationship".