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Queensland employers will pay the lowest average workers' comp premiums in the country from 1 July, with WorkCover slashing the rate by 17 per cent. The agency has also introduced two initiatives to help businesses understand and pay their premiums.

NSW assessing viability of further WorkCover premium cuts; Victorian OHS fine increased by 650 per cent on appeal; Work and quad bike death tolls climbing; and Did you miss our latest quarterly update?

Falling injury rate good news for Victorian premiums; Asbestos news from four jurisdictions; and New Minister to oversee WorkCover NSW.

Western Australia is expected to introduce model WHS Bills for general industry and for the resources sector by September, while the State's average workers' comp premium rate will fall for the second year in a row on 1 July.

SA workers' comp reform Bill promised within three months; and Victorian regulators release new safety guides.

SA's high premiums locked in for at least 15 months; and Rau retains safety portfolio as Greens step up firefighter fight.

Employer wins first stage of cancer compensation dispute; WorkCover Qld explains best way to reduce compensation costs; and WorkSafe ACT targets workers' comp policy breaches.

The number of workers' comp claims lasting longer than two weeks has dropped "significantly" in South Australia in recent months, but the State's high premium rates won't fall without legislative reform, according to WorkCover SA chief executive Greg McCarthy.

Reintroducing common law access under the proposed WorkCover SA overhaul will add complexity without improving safety, according to a Donaldson Walsh Lawyers partner, who adds that workers with significant injuries could lose out under the reforms.

Injured South Australian workers will have access to common law damages under the proposed overhaul of the State workers' compensation scheme, according to a new policy statement, which also promises much lower premiums for employers.