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Queensland will create a "one-stop shop" for safety and workers' comp matters, and "improve" its current mine safety Acts, in the next financial year, the State Government has revealed.

WHS Codes of Practice have been adopted, tweaked or released for comment in Queensland and NSW, while the MUA has slammed a renewed call to scrap the draft WHS Code for stevedoring in the wake of a workplace death.

An upcoming review of South Australia's mirror WHS Act will focus on how often union officials have used their new workplace entry rights, as required by a deal made with "no pokies" MLC John Darley two years ago.

NSW Labor vows to reverse workers' comp and WHS changes; ALRC inquiry could target WHS Act; and SRC Bill inquiry accepting submissions until Friday.

The process of finalising 12 model WHS Codes of Practice - including those on workplace traffic management and plant design - is likely to stretch well beyond two years, with the documents still needing to be "considered" by Ministers of the now-defunct Select Council on Workplace Relations.

Worker rightly sacked for ignoring safety alarm; Duty holders fined for hand tool and helmet breaches; Video safety alert for forklifts and other warnings issued by regulators; and Fatigue exemption extended for heavy vehicle drivers in Queensland.

New HSR and entry-permit rules, higher electrical safety fines and a host of WHS Regulation amendments all commenced in Queensland this morning.

Draft harmonised WHS Regulations for the NSW mining industry have been released for a six-week consultation period, with stakeholders being urged to comment on clauses developed in response to the New Zealand Pike River Royal Commission.

Comcare, the Asbestos Safety and Eradication Council and Safe Work Australia have been spared in the Federal Budget, with the latter being tasked with reviewing and removing "unnecessary" regulation from the model WHS laws.

Fifth jurisdiction joins harmonised rail safety regime; Victoria ditches crane permit requirements for many roads; New NHVR chief executive appointed; and Graincorp fined for repeat safety breach.