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Welcome to a special, shorter edition of our SafetyNet journal on Wednesday Octgober 30 - the day after our annual HSR Conference, and also the day after the Victorian Government introduced the Industrial Manslaughter Bill into parliament.

Tragically, on this same day, another Victorian worker was killed at work, and there was also a fatality involving a cement truck on Monday, bringing the number of fatalities this year to 27.

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This week in SafetyNet: a new tool for HSRs, International Workers' Memorial Day highlights, six key climate risks for workers, research on technology-facilitated harassment, a concerning case study on welding fumes, dropped...

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This week in SafetyNet, as International Workers' Memorial Day fast approaches, we cover: child labour violations in retail, a director charged over ‘teen in a toolbox’, research on how 'toughness culture' risks...

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This week in SafetyNet: Beard bans deemed reasonable on safety grounds; tougher penalties for attacks on federal frontline workers; gate failure costs Built Tech $40k; research on parental discrimination and return-to-office conflict; the battle to...

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