Real-world, hands-on experience key to all students’ success
The University of Newcastle has announced that from 2023 onwards, all undergraduate programs will include a placement embedded in a workplace. The rollout of work-integrated learning to all degrees is with good reason, with data from the Australian Skills Commission report in 2021 finding that 75 per cent of employers look for experience before considering an applicant, while 40 per cent of...Read More
Congratulations to the 2022 Work Health and Safety Excellence Showcase Champions
Newcastle Rescue & Consultancy Pty Ltd had the privilege to deliver Silica Awareness Training to Core Project Group Pty Ltd, this training provided clear and concise outcomes to ensure their teams can minimise the associated risks when working with silica products in the construction industry. Congratulations to the Core Project Group as WHS Safety Champions. Read more from the below...Read More
Safe Work Australia has released a 10-year national strategy designed to reduce workplace fatalities, injuries and illnesses
Safe Work Australia lays out ambitious 10-year vision The need for an ongoing dedication and commitment from all stakeholders — governments, persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs), workers, industry, unions and WHS practitioners — to continue to ensure that workers return home safely remains critically important. Serious injury and illness across Australian workplaces directly...Read More
Surge in medicinal cannabis use creates growing problem for WA’s mining industry
Mining companies in Western Australia are standing down workers who legally use prescription cannabis, as they struggle to determine what level of use makes an employee unfit for work. Tom received a prescription for medicinal cannabis about a year ago after a devastating family tragedy. “I was on sleeping tablets for a year … and they didn’t really agree with me,” he...Read More
Asbestos company fined $150k after fatal veranda fall
SafeWork SA Acting Executive Director Glenn Farrell said falls from heights, particularly below 3 metres, were among the most common causes of workplace injuries and deaths, all of which are preventable. ‘The lack of consideration and suitable controls to adequately prevent this tragedy is not acceptable,’ Mr Farrell said. Highlighting the importance of safe systems for working at heights....Read More
Australia’s increased risk of asbestos exposure
Fears Australia’s recent fires, floods and COVID-19 outbreak could lead to increased risk of asbestos exposure. “The Australian Mesothelioma Register shows that an increasing number of exposures are now linked to home building work, which increased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic; there is also concern about potential exposure related to the recent natural disasters in...Read More