Asbestos is naturally occurring – so what do we need to know about to keep safe? Asbestos can be found all over Australia, generally in rock, soil or sediment. It comes in white (chrysotile), brown...
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Safe Work Australia has published a revised version of the Australian Work Health and Safety Strategy 2012-2022 to ensure it continues making a difference in Australian workplaces. Some minor...
As the weather heats up, it’s time to review your workplace to make sure you and your workers stay safe.
Joint efforts by the Fair Work Ombudsman and Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority (VRQA) to improve compliance with federal workplace laws relating to apprentices and trainees will...
A labour-hire company has back-paid 13 workers a total of $240,600 after they did not receive their termination entitlements at a mine in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. The employees were stood...
WorkCover Queensland’s Matthew Cross explores some important factors in the return to work process and the role communication and the work relationships can play in getting workers back on the road...
By Aleks Zids, Conference Director, Quest Events With safety professionals’ understanding of accidents, risk and safety changing, human error is no longer seen as a cause, but as a symptom. In...
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has said a decision made earlier this year, to limit the use of urine testing for drugs and alcohol in the workplace, was a “significant error”. On...
Michelle Baxter, Acting Chief Executive Officer of Safe Work Australia is encouraging safety professionals to tune-in to tomorrow to Professor Dennis Else’s free presentation on the history and...
