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Tasmania: Skilled Group fails to recoup payments from host employer; SA: Tribunal upholds consent order; Victoria: Onus on workers to prove level of incapacity for common law cases.

The ASU has questioned electrical and photographics company Canon over the extent of workers compensation coverage of some of its repair workers.

The Victorian Court of Appeal has dismissed a challenge to the power of WorkCover Authority inspectors to prosecute employers for OHS breaches in a landmark case.

Substantial lift for WorkCover funding in NSW Budget; Safe Design Guideline nears completion; Business case for good OHS performance.

AAT: Stress claim rejected for whistleblower; SA: Tribunal rejects second cross-examination of worker; Queensland: Court of Appeal allows worker to proceed against CTP motor vehicle insurer.

Victoria: WorkCover Ombudsman and anti-Comcare legislation introduced to Parliament; NSW: Large restitution order made against worker for fraud; National: Comcare clarifies early intervention requirements.

A major study has found that dust exposure for underground rail workers and travellers is not at dangerous levels.

Major NSW abattoir group Rockdale Beef has succeeded in limiting the number of offences NSW WorkCover can charge it with.

Army to launch major OHS initiative; AIRC rejects OHS argument over 8-hour shifts; and Low fine over death based on ability to pay.

The High Court has delivered an important ruling for transport companies and insurers that further clarifies the issue of whether an injury is covered under workers compensation or motor accidents legislation.