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Bill Shorten to oversee harmonisation after reshuffle; and Employers urged to secure sites and protect young workers during holidays.

In an important case, the Victorian Court of Appeal has quashed a $900,000 damages ruling, after it found an injured electrician who spent 60 per cent of his work week with the same employer was an independent contractor, and not an employee.

An employer probably would have prevented a workplace death if it complied with an operator's manual and enforced the use of a stop button on a crane, the Tasmanian Coroner has found. Also in this article, two NSW employers have been handed safety fines after a derailed train ended up in a driveway.

SWA releases harmonisation Q&A on volunteers; NT employers fined over Canadian worker's death; Queensland Govt warns against mine-safety-levy cut, is accused of rushing harmonised WHS laws; Western Australia's new workers' comp dispute system gets underway; and WorkSafe WA releases FIFO fatigue alert.

The Victorian Supreme Court has upheld the $180,000 fine imposed on Patrick Stevedoring after it became the first entity in the State to be convicted of OHS discrimination.

Commonwealth passes harmonisation Bill; Police to "think twice" after workers' comp changes progress; New alert issued on OHS scams; and Employers plead guilty after guarding failure and truck fire.

Contract workers are often inexperienced and more susceptible to injury than full-time employees, WorkSafe WA's Jane Ardern has warned, in outlining seven ways to ensure contractors comply with safety rules.

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.

Inquiry into the effect of "insecure" work on OHS announced; Finance employees urged to "dob in" workplace bullies; Falls from height and falling objects claim the most lives; ACT's safest employers and workers announced; and New Western Australian workers' comp forms available.