New legislation that changes the definition of a worker for workers’ compensation purposes has been passed in the Queensland Parliament. The legislation, which comes into effect on 1 July 2013...
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Queensland workers and employers have just a couple of weeks to enter their work health and safety systems and innovations into the 2013 Safe Work Awards. With three new categories, this year’s...
Gasfield operator, Saxon Energy, has strenuously denied claims that poor safety standards led to the death of an employee at their Fairfield gasfield in southern Queensland on Sunday. An anonymous...
Safe Work Australia has released the report The relationship between work characteristics, wellbeing, depression and workplace bullying and its associated summary report. The research report was...
Western Australia’s resources safety watchdog has embarked on a major crack down targeting injuries and ‘near misses’ in the Midwest mining sector, following two serious incidents during the past...
A new report claims emissions from nearby mines are responsible for lead poisoning in the children of Mount Isa, leading to serious and life-threatening health conditions including irreversible brain...
Western Australia’s resources safety regulator has sent a strong warning to mining companies over fake licences for ‘high risk’ work, after two Karratha mining workers mistakenly held fake...
Regulators have sent a strong warning to mine company executives after two workers were injured at the same Goldfields mine in two separate mining incidents this past week. A mine worker is believed...
Western Australia’s resources safety watchdog has embarked on a major crack down targeting injuries and ‘near misses’ in the Midwest mining sector, following two serious incidents during the past...
An underground mine in New South Wales mine was evacuated last week after a fault occurred involving the three-phase and ground on the 33kV overhead line on the mine surface. While the initial fault...
Airservices Australia will introduce new services at Port Hedland starting with an Aerodrome Flight Information Service (AFIS) and Aviation Rescue Fire Fighting service (ARFF) at the airport. The new...
An inspection last year at Woodside’s Vincent FPSO on the North West Shelf uncovered a potentially dangerous failure of safety critical equipment, according to the recently released National...
