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• GHS 7 reminder issued as WHS guidance updated; and
  
• Safer exposure limit demanded for common workplace carcinogen.

Safe Work Australia has published a new model WHS Code of Practice for tower cranes, which does not include an explicit ban - recently applied by the ACT - on a hazardous method for lifting loads.

• Work-related diseases registry to enable WHS actions; and
  
• Many WHS notices issued to stone sites, health monitoring poor.

• International treaties impact on workplace safety;
  
• OHS test forms part of new child employment laws in Vic; and
  
• SRC Directions amended.

The national model Work Health and Safety Regulations have been amended to expressly ban hazardous work processes and update references to certain Australian Standards.

The Federal Safety Commissioner's WHS accreditation scheme could be expanded to cover multiple industries, ranging from business management to healthcare services, under plans to improve safety through procurement practices.

• "Swearing" constituted unsafe workplace harassment; and
  
• Workplace safety fraudsters face big fines under rail amendments.

Workplace exposure limits for diesel emissions are likely to be set under the national model WHS laws, with a major Safe Work Australia-commissioned report finding the prevention of diesel-related cancers and other diseases hinges on keeping exposure levels low.

• Fatality charge coincides with industrial gate warning;
  
• Long-term WHS exemption expiring in NSW; and
  
• Comcare releases Q&A on new psychosocial regulations.

A range of WHS Codes and amendments, covering psychosocial hazards and other issues, have taken effect in two jurisdictions, while certain WHS exemptions have been reapplied in one of them, and duty holders in a third jurisdiction have been warned that driver-distraction cameras have been "switched on".