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• OHS-style pollution and waste Bill passes Parliament;
  
• Labour-hire Regs and anti-harassment plan released in Vic; and
  
• Five parties charged over occupational violence.

A young worker has been awarded more than $500,000 in damages after her employer negligently caused her to sustain an injury that did not prevent her from "engaging in a superficially normal life", but impeded her studies and narrowed her employment options.

An employer breached its duty of care to a worker attacked in its open car park at night in failing to instruct staff on what to do if they came across suspicious people on the premises, an appeals court has confirmed.

The fact that a major employer was one of several PCBUs at a hazardous site did not make it responsible for the performance of all the duties set out in the WHS Regulation for that site, a superior court has ruled in rejecting a worker's damages claim.

• Code-covered contractors reminded of drug testing rules;
  
• $513m burden triggers renewed call for new asbestos plan; and
  
• Employer exposed worker to carbon monoxide.

• Dreamworld-inspired WHS changes likely by year's end;
  
• New WHS consultation rules commencing in ACT in four months;
  
• Victoria agrees to significantly increase energy safety fines; and
  
• WA alters workers' comp procedure.

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.

• Supermarket giant charged over itinerant's vehicle death;
  
• PCBU and director fined over five-finger amputation; and
  
• Cylinder-storage alert issued after explosion death.

Australia's mandatory workplace exposure standards (WES) for 229 chemicals could be "under-protective", increasing the risk of duty holders inadvertently failing to protect workers from adverse health effects, according to a regulation impact statement on the ongoing WES overhaul.

• PCBUs and "hipsters" warned over facial hair;
  
• Govt remakes domestic violence promise on first day of FW changes;
  
• Police officer allegedly punched during safety blitz; and
  
• One of two prohibition notices lifted after workers trained.