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October 2013. The MBIE has launched its People Come First: Promote a Strong Health and Safety Culture. The guide is aimed at helping managers in the mining, quarrying and tunnelling industries build and promote a strong health and safety culture in their operations; it provides detailed information on what a good culture looks like and […]

13th November 2013 WA Work Safe has issued a reminder to the agriculture sector to work safely during harvesting operations. WorkSafe WA Commissioner Lex McCulloch said today the agriculture sector did not have a good record when it came to workplace safety. “Western Australia’s agriculture, fishing and forestry sector has one of the State’s highest […]

27th October 2013  More than 300 NZ adventure tourism operators slow to engage in a major overhaul of the industry have been issued with safety standard reminder letters giving them the hurry up. A new era in safety standards Tough new safety standards are being implemented over a three year period, up until November 2014, […]

October 25, 2013 All light commercial vehicles sold in Australia will soon have to include new safety features. From November 2015, the federal government will make electronic stability control (ESC) and a brake assist system (BAS) compulsory on all light commercial vehicles. The new safety systems have already been made compulsory on passenger cars and passenger […]

November is Asbestos Awareness Month which aims to educate Australians about the dangers of asbestos in and around homes. Australia experienced a major housing boom after World War II and the rate of home ownership increased from around 40 per cent in 1947 to over 70 per cent in 1960 and sparked a massive phase […]

23rd October 2013  The first phase of re-entering the Pike River mine has been completed, the New Zealand Defence Force says. Work began last weekend removing material from the top of the West Coast mine in preparation for an attempt to re-enter it. The Defence Force is providing assistance to Solid Energy, using a helicopter […]

10th October 2013.  The WA Department of Mines and Petroleum (DMP) have issued a press release stating that the importance of safety in the mining industry will be at the forefront of the up and coming Mines Inspectors Forum. The two-day event, hosted by the DMP, gives Western Australia’s Mines Inspectors the opportunity to meet […]

9th October 2013.  The fatal truck explosion in Sydney which left two people dead has sparked wider road safety concerns. The major transport company involved has since had 71 of its trucks grounded with serious defects. Authorities are now considering expanding their investigations into the safety of other freight companies that carry dangerous goods around […]

20th September 2013 A roofing company and its director have been fined a total of $100,000 after a worker suffered head and neck injuries when he fell through a roof. The Mallon Company, trading as Frontline Roofing, and director Michael Moore pleaded guilty in the Perth Magistrate’s Court today to failing to provide a safe […]