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Legislation banning workers' compensation "claim farming" has passed Parliament, while a Bill increasing workplace protections for s-xual harassment victims and independent vehicle drivers has been introduced, and a mental health levy has been announced for large employers, across a busy few days in Queensland.

• WHS changes to follow Qld inquest into nine quad deaths; and
  
• Business charged with breaching safety duties to killed camper.

• Workplace harassment to be tackled by IR changes in Qld; and
  
• Beware workplace power imbalances on Valentine's Day.

• Industrial manslaughter Bill introduced to NSW Lower House;
  
• New solar safety Standard commences with transitional provisions; and
  
• Offshore laws with "modified" WHS provisions pass Parliament.

• Workplaces demand injury protections for COVID vaccine rollout; and
  
• Mobile phone breaches to be caught by permanent cameras in Qld.

• Exclusion zone missing, nail enters heart, employer fined $250k; and
  
• WHS changes commence in Qld.

• WHS Code remade with significant changes in Qld; and
  
• Qld reveals workers' comp premium rate for 2021-22.

Australia's WHS ministers have agreed to amend the model WHS Regulations to prescribe control measures for psychological risks, and significantly increase safety penalties, but proposed industrial manslaughter laws were voted down at their meeting yesterday.

Twenty WHS Codes of Practice have been updated in Queensland, while an amended Code for managing workplace electrical risks has been approved, and asbestos regulations have been changed.

Industrial manslaughter provisions should be amended in Queensland to ensure all companies that negligently cause a worker's death can be prosecuted, according to a major inquiry report that also makes important recommendations on safety metrics.