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• Two individuals fined over fatal fall from mobile plant;
  
• Nearly 1,000 improvement notices issued in safety blitz; and
  
• Australia's first occupational dust diseases register commences.

The Queensland Government has failed in its appeal against a judgment that purportedly saved a PCBU more than $2.6 million in electrical safety compliance costs, but will look to major legislative changes to address its safety concerns.

A PCBU has successfully challenged the validity of new work safety regulations and purportedly saved itself $2.6 million in compliance costs, but the Queensland Government is lodging an appeal and seeking to stay the ruling.

• Employer and director fined $330k for fatal height breaches;
  
• Winter safety tips and precast panel alert issued in ACT; and
  
• Safety regulations for mine medical records tweaked in Qld.

• Anti-bullying laws locked in for WA's IR overhaul;
  
• New regulations tackle emerging electrocution risk in Qld; and
  
• Gas safety and work health laws pass in Qld.

• Independent WHS prosecutor appointed in Australian first; and
  
• Two employers fined over single maintenance incident.

WHS amendments prompted by the Dreamworld disaster are commencing in Queensland in eight weeks, while the national model WHS laws could be amended to prevent devices covered by a prohibition notice in one jurisdiction being transferred to and used in another.

• 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.

• Safety laws aligned with WHS Act in Qld;
  
• Duty holders face "sabotage" risk under NSW asbestos Bill; and
  
• New flexible working rules commence in 10 days.

• Notification laws for work-related dust and pollution tightened; and
  
• More than 100 WHS notices issued in silica blitz.