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233 articles are classified in All Articles > Issue/challenge/risk > Illness/injury/hazard type > Asbestos
New safety Standards deal; and Big asbestos-import fine
Suppliers face safety action; Asbestos victim wins $664k
Union sues police in safety case; Banton link misapplied
HSR's untimely dismissal; New safety laws; and more
Asbestos importers face five years' jail
WHS infringement notice priorities revealed; and more
Three companies fined over fatal fall, asbestos demolition
Two employers have been fined a total of $180,000 after a worker died falling 11 metres thorough a skylight, while a company has been handed a second round of fines for asbestos and document-request breaches, just five months after it and its two directors were fined $605,000 under environment laws.
Another WHS prohibition notice revoked by IRC
Tougher asbestos laws; New Code; New licensee; more
> Govt improves asbestos hotline and promises tougher laws;
> New WHS Code, WHS portal and EWP "shop" for Qld, NSW and WA;
> ACT granted workers' comp self-insurance licence;
> Harassment inquiry calls for temporary confidentiality waivers;
> Evacuation breaches dominate WA retail blitz; and
> Pain-reduction plan wins $5k in SWA competition.
> New WHS Code, WHS portal and EWP "shop" for Qld, NSW and WA;
> ACT granted workers' comp self-insurance licence;
> Harassment inquiry calls for temporary confidentiality waivers;
> Evacuation breaches dominate WA retail blitz; and
> Pain-reduction plan wins $5k in SWA competition.
