A successful heavy vehicle trial on Eton Range over the weekend has resulted in good news for local heavy vehicle operators. A trial was undertaken by Transport and Main Roads and NQ Group Heavy...
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Recent figures from Safe Work Australia show 76 Australian workers have been killed at work so far this year. The Transport, postal & warehousing workplaces have once again emerged as the most...
The Australian Conservation Foundation is alarmed by reports that the Finkel review will recommend a so-called ‘Clean Energy Target’ (CET) that would allow for gas or even coal-fired power stations...
National Burns Awareness Month– 1-30 June 2017 Brenniston continues on its quest to make Australia safer throughout National Burns Awareness Month, by equipping Australians with First Aid supplies...
Minister for Natural Resources and Mines Dr Anthony Lynham today welcomed the Parliamentary Select Committee report into coal workers’ pneumoconiosis. “The Palaszczuk Government takes the health and...
Queensland’s coal mine workers will be assessed by specially registered medical professionals by the end of this year in the latest black lung disease reforms. Minister for Natural Resources and...
New laws will enable Queensland’s building regulator to take action where there is a threat to the safety of workers on building sites. Minister for Housing and Public Works Mick de Brenni said the...
Landholders and resources companies will have an independent umpire to help resolve disputes over their negotiated agreements under legislation introduced into State Parliament yesterday. Minister...
A mining services company has been fined $10,000 following an incident at Mineral Resources’ Iron Valley Mine in WA’s Pilbara region. Westdrill pleaded guilty in Perth Magistrates Court...
Following an interim recommendation from the Best Practice Review of Workplace Health and Safety, the Queensland Government will introduce the new offence of “negligence causing death”. The Best...
A new survey of train commuters in Sydney has found that most want their bosses to provide them with health checks and programs to get them more active during the day. The survey was conducted by the...
Brisbane-based mining technology company GroundProbe is to be the sole provider of radar monitoring solutions at Samarco Mineração S.A. Five Slope Stability Radars will now be in full operation to...
