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Safe Work Australia has updated the model WHS Regulations and its guidance on the meaning of "person conducting a business or undertaking", while WHS provisions have been amended in NSW and South Australia, and the ACT has established a public register for reporting infringements by WHS licensees.
> All mental injury claims automatically covered by Vic Bill; > New WHS Regulations made for mines in SA, commence soon; and > More COVID isolation payments introduced for SA workers.
The South Australian Greens have reintroduced a Bill to create a new offence of industrial manslaughter, but with a maximum fine of $13 million, well above the $1 million it proposed last year.
An appeals court has found a woman who separated from her husband before he was killed at work is not covered by a lump sum provision made after the fatality, in an important judgment on injury laws and transitional arrangements.
> WHS amendments mandate "competent" managers in SA; > WHS conviction and $400k fine followed by NSW blitz; and > Beaconsfield rescuer fronts worker and family support group.
> WHS Amendment Bill bypasses health privacy laws in NSW; > WHS regulators issue warnings after lion attack, other incidents; > Qld announces workers' comp premium rate for 2020-21; and > Labour-hire licensing scheme narrowed in SA.
> COVID-19 work recovery plans due now; > Workplace COVID-19 controls mandated in Tas; > COVID-19 lift policy and 15-minute rule announced in NT; > Coronavirus construction checklist launched in Vic; and > SA's workplace silica threshold halving in two weeks.
A regulator has been blocked from re-opening a case, recently dismissed by the High Court, against a worker who was awarded lump sum payments for injuries caused by opioid medication.
Three major employers have been applauded for rolling out defibrillators across their sites, while other workplaces have been urged to "do their bit", on the introduction of a South Australian Bill mandating the installation of the life-saving devices in certain buildings and vehicles.
> BHP failed to mark unsafe work road; > Parliamentary committee seeks feedback on NT manslaughter Bill; and > Bill narrows labour-hire scheme with WHS test in SA.
