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• PCBU fined over holiday island crash with nine victims;
  
• Workers killed in fall from high-corrosion area and ramp crash; and
  
• Thursday declared "dark day" for OHS in Vic.

• Another jurisdiction joins anti-bullying movement; and
  
• Eight OHS breaches add up to $120k fine.

• Upstream WHS duties highlighted in Govt's asbestos response; and
  
• Fall victim dies as blitz focuses on height safety.

• Start date locked in for OHS-style environment laws in Vic;
  
• Workplace fatality stats point to real people, SWA stresses;
  
• Half of fatal work falls are from low heights;
  
• Airbag and fire extinguisher alerts released; and
  
• Qld pumps another $1m into Mates in Construction.

• Four improvement notices issued after alleged bullying death;
  
• Fatal and life-threatening falls prompt warning;
  
• New national guide on hazardous chemicals released; and
  
• Unsafe-cladding audit clears four major buildings, says SA Govt.

In a decision affecting the work processes in multiple industries like retail, a court has found an employer was negligent in requiring a worker to step up and down a stepladder while holding objects.

A cost-saving measure and a supervisor's complacency contributed to a worker dying in a six-metre fall, while the lack of regulatory action in such cases could be encouraging poor safety cultures, a coronial inquest has found.

• Major plan ensures WHS keeps up with infrastructure boom;
  
• New Standard to prevent Pike River-type work disasters; and
  
• Deadline safety warning issued ahead of tradies' month.

An appeals court has confirmed that a principal contractor is 40 per cent liable for a worker's fall through a roof, in a long-running case involving multiple safety prosecutions and damages claims.

A worker sustained fatal injuries in a fall after being directed to perform a task that prevented him from maintaining three points of contact on a ladder, a judge has found in convicting and fining an individual for WHS breaches.