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Reach for the sky: why safety must rule as tall...

Australia’s tallest building is currently the Gold Coast’s Q1, at 322.5 metres (including the spire). But the 78-floor largely residential tower is set to be challenged by taller buildings planned in Melbourne...

Reach for the sky: why safety must rule as tall...

Australia’s tallest building is currently the Gold Coast’s Q1, at 322.5 metres (including the spire). But the 78-floor largely residential tower is set to be challenged by taller buildings planned in Melbourne...

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Worksafe Australia report 2017

Worksafe Australia release 2017 key findings fo...

  Did you know the rate of worker fatalities has reduced by 49% since the peak in 2007? That’s the findings in the 2017 key Work Health and Safety Statistics...

Worksafe Australia release 2017 key findings fo...

  Did you know the rate of worker fatalities has reduced by 49% since the peak in 2007? That’s the findings in the 2017 key Work Health and Safety Statistics...

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Worksafe WA

WA roofing company fined $70,000 over worker’s ...

A roofing company has been fined $70,000 as well as being ordered to pay costs of $1369, in a Fremantle magistrates court after a labourer was seriously injured in a...

WA roofing company fined $70,000 over worker’s ...

A roofing company has been fined $70,000 as well as being ordered to pay costs of $1369, in a Fremantle magistrates court after a labourer was seriously injured in a...

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dial before you dig campaign

Safework South Australia launches video toolbox...

Safework SA are encouraging people to do the right thing and dial before they dig and maintain safe clearance distances when working near overhead powerlines to save lives and avoid...

Safework South Australia launches video toolbox...

Safework SA are encouraging people to do the right thing and dial before they dig and maintain safe clearance distances when working near overhead powerlines to save lives and avoid...

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Apprentice and fall prevention in construction

South Australia launches action plan for constr...

Apprentices and fall prevention is the key focus of an industry action plan released on August 10, 2017 and developed by the South Australian work health and safety regulator as...

South Australia launches action plan for constr...

Apprentices and fall prevention is the key focus of an industry action plan released on August 10, 2017 and developed by the South Australian work health and safety regulator as...

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Crane safety

Tower crane collapse in Sydney “not good enough”

The CFMEU have called the recent collapse of a tower crane at Wolli Creek in Sydney earlier this week, August 6 2017, “not good enough.”  Up to 200 people were...

Tower crane collapse in Sydney “not good enough”

The CFMEU have called the recent collapse of a tower crane at Wolli Creek in Sydney earlier this week, August 6 2017, “not good enough.”  Up to 200 people were...

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