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The Federal Government will consider restoring journey claims to the Commonwealth SRC Act, as part of a review, announced this morning, aimed at modernising the workers' compensation scheme.

Queensland employer fined for chemical breaches after workers burned; Queensland hints at plans to amend mirror WHS Act; and Vic Greens to introduce cancer Bill as cancer cluster found at NSW site.

Many injured NSW workers are likely to turn to the State IRC and Fair Work Australia to block the reduction of their weekly benefits under the new step-down provisions of the Workers Compensation Act, according to a leading law firm.

NSW Labor promises to restore journey claims and target insurers; SA employer and officer charged over desalination plant fatality; and Andes plane crash survivor to speak at WorkCover SA Conference.

NSW employer premiums won't be reduced for 2012/13, despite the recent workers' comp overhaul, WorkCover has announced. The regulator has also provided an example of what constitutes a "substantial connection" to work under the new journey claim rules.

The Greens have ridiculed the so-called restoration of journey claims in the NSW workers' comp amendment Bill, which passed through the Upper House at 3am this morning, while firefighters have reason to celebrate, having convinced Parliament they should be exempt from the new laws.

Employers urged to act after diesel declared carcinogenic; Definition of worker in NT workers' comp laws to change; FSU seeks exemption from NSW workers' comp changes; and NT employer fined for fall breach on boat.

The NSW workers' compensation amendment Bill, which passed through the Lower House yesterday, cuts journey claims and includes controversial retrospective provisions, but does not curtail recess claims as recommended by the WorkCover inquiry.

Queensland premiums increase by 2% as bigger hikes recommended; NSW coal premiums falling thanks to safety training and gas monitoring; SA Greens adjourn workers' comp retirement-age Bill; and Western Australia's maximum weekly benefits increasing by 4%.

Journey claims will be axed, recess claims curtailed and "large increases" in insurer remuneration reviewed, under recommendations made by the parliamentary committee inquiry into the NSW workers' compensation scheme.