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• PCBU charged with category 2 heat breaches after death; and
  
• Workers' comp premiums increasing in WA.

The new, authorised edition of the Wiring Rules has been published with updates to key safety areas, while workers' comp levies for seafarers have been increased by 66 per cent.

• Fatality alerts and safety notices issued;
  
• Workers' comp premium rate announced in Qld; and
  
• Employer fined over missing injury payments.

• Decision-making skills trump complex safety procedures;
  
• PCBUs warned of new height safety fines; and
  
• Workers' comp developments announced in SA and Qld.

• Extended workers' comp and mobile phone laws pass in NSW;
  
• Premium rates for 2018-19 revealed in Vic; and
  
• CoR-related SMS tools and RIS on automated vehicles released.

• PCBU fined $500k, but parent company acquitted;
  
• Confined-space fine increased by 83%;
  
• Record-low workers' comp premium rate announced in SA; and
  
• Unsafe labour-hire firms warned at launch of Qld licensing scheme.

• Specialised workers' comp scheme extended in NSW;
  
• PC inquiring into veterans' workers' comp arrangements; and
  
• SWA voting on psychological health guidance soon.

• Fatalities prompt VLC campaign, while national work toll hits 27;
  
• Submissions sought on NSW cladding ban and WA IR overhaul;
  
• Workers' comp premiums increased again in WA; and
  
• Attorney-General and Treasurer appointed to oversee WHS in SA.

An employer has successfully challenged a decision to change its industry classification for workers' compensation purposes, which increased its annual premium by more than $150,000.

Comcare's insurance scheme became fully funded for the first time in seven years by moving away from an administration-focused claims management model perceived as paying injured workers to stay at home, its CEO says.