OHS News

Apprentice and fall prevention in construction

South Australia launches action plan for constr...

Apprentices and fall prevention is the key focus of an industry action plan released on August 10, 2017 and developed by the South Australian work health and safety regulator as...

South Australia launches action plan for constr...

Apprentices and fall prevention is the key focus of an industry action plan released on August 10, 2017 and developed by the South Australian work health and safety regulator as...

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Fire installation and compliance

NSW government announces 10-point plan for fire...

The Department of Fair Trading NSW has announced a wide-ranging fire safety package to be headed up by the state government.  Following in the wake of the Grenfell fire in...

NSW government announces 10-point plan for fire...

The Department of Fair Trading NSW has announced a wide-ranging fire safety package to be headed up by the state government.  Following in the wake of the Grenfell fire in...

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Cyberloafing

Some workers ‘cyberloaf’ if they think they can...

 Sending personal emails, a bit of online shopping, checking out your friend’s holiday snaps on Facebook: if you break up your work day with online activities that aren’t work-related, you...

Some workers ‘cyberloaf’ if they think they can...

 Sending personal emails, a bit of online shopping, checking out your friend’s holiday snaps on Facebook: if you break up your work day with online activities that aren’t work-related, you...

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Crane safety

Tower crane collapse in Sydney “not good enough”

The CFMEU have called the recent collapse of a tower crane at Wolli Creek in Sydney earlier this week, August 6 2017, “not good enough.”  Up to 200 people were...

Tower crane collapse in Sydney “not good enough”

The CFMEU have called the recent collapse of a tower crane at Wolli Creek in Sydney earlier this week, August 6 2017, “not good enough.”  Up to 200 people were...

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Image supplied by Beyond Coal and Gas. Flickr cc: Max Phillips

Compliance priorities for safer mining

The NSW Resource Regulator announced on August 2, 2017, its compliance monitoring priorities alongside a new series of compliance workshops for the rest of 2017, including the mining sectors selected...

Compliance priorities for safer mining

The NSW Resource Regulator announced on August 2, 2017, its compliance monitoring priorities alongside a new series of compliance workshops for the rest of 2017, including the mining sectors selected...

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Standardising patient safety and quality reporting data in all public and private hospitals. Flickr cc:Hamza Butt

Working towards patient safety

The federal and state health ministers have agreed with a proposal by Queensland Health Minister Cameron Dick at the COAG Health Council to work towards standardising patient safety and quality...

Working towards patient safety

The federal and state health ministers have agreed with a proposal by Queensland Health Minister Cameron Dick at the COAG Health Council to work towards standardising patient safety and quality...

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