WA’s chief resources safety regulator sent a strong warning to industry workers and companies at the 2013 Mines Safety Roadshow in Geraldton on Monday, following its study into 13 years of WA...
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The Australian OHS Education Accreditation Board announced this week that the University of Newcastle program leading to a Master of Work Health and Safety has achieved accreditation by meeting the...
The WA branch of the Occupational Health Society of Australia will be holding a seminar with the theme, “Long Duration Claims and Delays in Return to Work.” The seminar will address long duration...
SafeWork SA has launched a new program to help people who hold a temporary working visa to understand their rights and responsibilities under South Australia’s work health and safety laws. The ...
WA’s Resources Safetywill be conducting a series of Mines Safety Roadshows throughout the month of October. The Roadshow will visit Geraldton, the Pilbara, Bunbury, Kalgoorlie and Perth. This...
Cougar Energy has been fined $75,000 in the Brisbane Magistrates Court over the rupture of a production well which resulted in groundwater contamination 10 kilometres south of Kingaroy in 2010. The...
The death of a worker last month has prompted Fortescue Metals Group to invoke their contractual right to take back management of its Christmas Creek ore processing plant from contractor Crushing...
Queensland miners injured on their way to and from work could soon lose the right to workers compensation as WorkCover Queensland looks to reign in the spiraling cost of claims. The Courier Mail...
Hundreds of people have gathered to honour the lives of more than 1470 workers killed during three centuries of mining in Queensland. Minister for Natural Resources and Mines Andrew Cripps said he...
Queensland mine operators and mine service companies are being invited to apply for up to $40,000 to fund initiatives designed to improve the health and wellbeing of workers. Funded projects must...
New researcher pursuing a higher degree and interested in workplace health and safety are encouraged to apply for SafeWork SA’s WHS Supplementary Scholarships. “In order to help increase awareness...
The mining sector has been snubbed by the incoming Abbott Government with this country’s biggest money-maker being lumped into the ‘Industry’ portfolio. Meanwhile ‘Sport’ gets a portfolio all of its...
