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A NSW employer and its director have been handed hefty safety fines for "knowingly and deliberately" failing to provide fall protection for workers demolishing an eight-metre-high roof.

Victorian employer handed hefty safety fine for scaffolding breach; South Australian employer fined for confined-space confusion; and Comcare reports falling funds and increasing premiums.

A NSW employer that appointed inexperienced site coordinators for a construction project has been fined $300,000, after workers were left "totally exposed" to the risk of falling. Also in this article, an employer has been fined $90,000 after a worker fell 14 metres.

A South Australian winery has blemished its 100-year safety record and been fined $90,000 after tackling a "non-core" task for which it had no expertise and no effective systems. Also in this article, a rural employer with "no understanding" of its OHS obligations has been fined after a worker was hospitalised - twice.

Western Australian Government's "ridiculous" claim putting workers at risk; WA appoints 27 new safety inspectors, cuts age tests for licences; and Warning issued after worker falls to death through unguarded floor.

Workers who have greater expertise than their employers or supply their own equipment are not necessarily subcontractors under the Accident Compensation Act, a judge has found in awarding an injured Victorian worker more than $900,000 in damages.

Facebook "plankers" sacked and fined for OHS breaches; WA employer fined for breaching fatigue laws - again; Safety laws tweaked to cover CHOGM volunteers; and Seacare releases confined spaces guide.

Senior lawyer calls for laws to "stop bullying in its tracks"; Safety trainer fined $121K after explosion injures six people; Victorian employers to pay $110K over missing handrail; and WA employer fined for interlock and training failures after amputation.

The Heads of Workplace Safety Authorities (HWSA) have from four comprehensive campaigns found that many employers are failing to ensure forklift and scaffolding work and manual tasks are performed safely, and are calling on businesses to promote higher-order controls.

A mining employer has been ordered to pay an injured labour-hire worker - who fell from a steep ladder on a 50-tonne dump truck - more than $1.2 million, after the NSW Court of Appeal confirmed that "common practice was not necessarily prudent practice".