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• Death benefits doubled and new safety Code promised in WA; and
  
• Electrical workers warned about unsafe pressure after 14 incidents.

• Major WHS amendments strengthen unions' role in ACT;
  
• Record $55m workplace mental health plan launched in NSW;
  
• Enforcement date for labour-hire scheme postponed in SA; and
  
• WA makes further amendments to electrical safety rules.

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.

• Electrical safety amendments commence in WA today;
  
• New WHS fines and asbestos-training rules introduced in ACT; and
  
• NT WorkSafe clarifies status of CFMMEU entry permits.

A coronial inquiry into two carbon monoxide fatalities has warned against modifying generators or installing them in confined spaces. Meanwhile, a regulator has released guidance on preventing deaths in roof spaces.

• Young workers the focus of Memorial Day;
  
• Regulators issue diesel, excavator, generator and structure alerts; and
  
• WHS and insurance awards open in NSW.

• Employer fined after worker allowed near suspended load;
  
• Dangerous goods laws amended in WA;
  
• Mobile phone user struck by work vehicle; and
  
• WHS Minister appointed in Tas.

A new Code of Practice will help duty holders protect the mental health of fly-in-fly-out workers in the resources and construction sectors, but can be applied to other industries, the draft document says. Meanwhile, a regulator has launched a proactive inspection program for scaffolding across Western Australia.

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.

• Hazardous industries warned of maintenance "blind spot";
  
• Fatigue findings apply to multiple industries; and
  
• NSW regulators issue fatality alerts and prohibition notice.