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New WHS and workers' comp standards have commenced or been postponed in three jurisdictions, while two jurisdictions have issued confined space alerts after three deaths and an electric shock.
> Dreamworld-inspired WHS changes likely by year's end; > New WHS consultation rules commencing in ACT in four months; > Victoria agrees to significantly increase energy safety fines; and > WA alters workers' comp procedure.
> Major WHS amendments strengthen unions' role in ACT; > Record $55m workplace mental health plan launched in NSW; > Enforcement date for labour-hire scheme postponed in SA; and > WA makes further amendments to electrical safety rules.
> Contractor not informed of chemical hazard; > Procurement policy focuses on WHS performance; and > Major review of WHS compliance regime launched in ACT.
> Decision-making skills trump complex safety procedures; > PCBUs warned of new height safety fines; and > Workers' comp developments announced in SA and Qld.
> Electrical safety amendments commence in WA today; > New WHS fines and asbestos-training rules introduced in ACT; and > NT WorkSafe clarifies status of CFMMEU entry permits.
> Employers fined for acid and diary breaches; > PCBUs reminded of impending WHS changes for miners, others; and > Slow-down safety laws introduced in two more jurisdictions.
> Safety blitz follows four forklift prosecutions; > NSW issues hot work alert; > WHS amendments and extended "wiring rules" notified in ACT; and > State funeral announced for Tasmanian WHS Minister.
Safe Work Australia has launched the public consultation process for the review of the model WHS laws, posing 37 questions for discussion and pointing to the reasons why industrial manslaughter provisions weren't included in the Act.
