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A Victorian company has been fined $50,000 for OHS breaches that left one worker dead and another injured.

NSW Industrial Relations Minister John Della Bosca today announced a new program to improve safety in the wool industry.

The Queensland IRC has upheld an employer's decision to dismiss a worker for what it found was unsafe conduct in a volatile environment.

The NSW IRC has fined BHP $145,000 for a safety breach that was partially caused by a fault it had known about for more than a year.

The SA Department of Industrial Relations is calling for submissions to the review of workers' compensation and OHS in the State.

WorkCover NSW and the Department of Industrial Relations have jointly developed a new reference guide for young workers on work issues including OHS.

NSW Chief Magistrate and former NSW Nurses' Association secretary Pat Staunton has been appointed as a Deputy President of the NSW IRC.

OHS breaches in the building and construction industry will be policed by an interim taskforce to be set up by the end of September, according to WR Minister Tony Abbott.

NSW employers have until the end of this month to comply with the OHS Regulation that commenced on September 1 last year.

Queensland's new personal injury laws are to be amended to ensure that dust disease sufferers are able to fast-track their compensation claims through the courts.