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Queensland's OHS regulator has been advised by the Coroner to introduce safety regulations for the hazardous house-removal industry within a year, after a young worker was fatally crushed beneath a house on his second day on the job.
WHS transitional arrangements that are due to expire at the end of the year in Queensland are likely to be extended by 12 months, while the State Government is set to approve eight model Codes of Practice.
Unions WA has called for the State Government to stop "bludging" and "get on with harmonising occupational health and safety laws", with Safe Work Australia's latest comparative report showing Western Australia's safety record is poor.
Employers will only incur significant costs from complying with new Codes of Practice if they aren't complying with existing safety laws, Safe Work Australia says in a consultation regulation impact statement for the draft model stevedoring Code.
Safe Work Australia has confirmed it will almost certainly dump the model Code of Practice on workplace bullying in favour of a guide, but prominent safety lawyer Barry Sherriff notes that under the WHS Act, a guide has a similar evidentiary status, in practice, as a Code.
Employers in the road transport sector could be required to inspect vehicle brake pads weekly, under one of 25 recommendations made by a coronial investigation into Victoria's Kerang train disaster and other level-crossing fatalities.
WorkCover SA to be scrapped and replaced; Seven-step safety guide released; New Victorian dangerous goods Code commences; and Explosives and dozer alerts issued in Qld and WA.
