OHS News

better wages for apprentices

OHS and WHS: game changer for QLD trainees and ...

Apprentices and trainees across Queensland look set to receive tens of millions of dollars in back pay after the Federal Court ruled to dismiss a judicial review brought by group...

OHS and WHS: game changer for QLD trainees and ...

Apprentices and trainees across Queensland look set to receive tens of millions of dollars in back pay after the Federal Court ruled to dismiss a judicial review brought by group...

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securing construction sites

OHS and WHS: securing construction sites

Builders across Victoria are being urged to ensure construction sites are safe and secure before heading off on the Christmas break. Work Safe Victoria say construction sites which aren't adequately...

OHS and WHS: securing construction sites

Builders across Victoria are being urged to ensure construction sites are safe and secure before heading off on the Christmas break. Work Safe Victoria say construction sites which aren't adequately...

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QLD fatality on EWP

OHS and WHS risks of operating an EWP

A young worker has been killed while operating a boom elevating work platform (EWP) on a construction site in QLD. According to SafeWork QLD, the EWP basket was approximately 8-10...

OHS and WHS risks of operating an EWP

A young worker has been killed while operating a boom elevating work platform (EWP) on a construction site in QLD. According to SafeWork QLD, the EWP basket was approximately 8-10...

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workplace choices for women

OHS & WHS: Instead of asking women to ‘fix’ the...

Improving gender equality in the workplace needs to be more about ensuring that work is somewhere women feel they can belong and less about trying to simply “fix” women’s choices...

OHS & WHS: Instead of asking women to ‘fix’ the...

Improving gender equality in the workplace needs to be more about ensuring that work is somewhere women feel they can belong and less about trying to simply “fix” women’s choices...

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Research project into heat stress

OHS and WHS: ground breaking research underway ...

Researchers at the University of Adelaide are undertaking a national project to better understand the circumstances underpinning workplace injuries that occur in hot working conditions. Funded by the Australian Research...

OHS and WHS: ground breaking research underway ...

Researchers at the University of Adelaide are undertaking a national project to better understand the circumstances underpinning workplace injuries that occur in hot working conditions. Funded by the Australian Research...

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OHS and WHS risk for prison guards

Ravenhall Prison riot put staff at serious OHS ...

The Victorian Department of Justice and Regulation has been convicted and fined $300,000 for putting staff at risk in the lead-up to a riot at the Melbourne Remand Centre in...

Ravenhall Prison riot put staff at serious OHS ...

The Victorian Department of Justice and Regulation has been convicted and fined $300,000 for putting staff at risk in the lead-up to a riot at the Melbourne Remand Centre in...

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