Archived News for OHS Sector Professionals - September, 2021
Questions are being asked about the requirements of South Australia’s specialist workers’ quarantine system.
Court action over NT death
Dozens of charges have been levelled at a mining company after the death of a superintendent.
Passport tech questioned
Tech experts say Australia is heading for a patchwork vaccine passport system that may not meet international standards.
AIHW measures COVID effects
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has released a new report into the broad health effects of COVID-19 on Australians so far.
UK scraps passport plan
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ditched the UK’s COVID-19 vaccine passport plan just days after it was announced.
Dam crew wins flood appeal
The Queensland Government’s water utility has won an appeal against a 2011 flood damages ruling.
Nyrstar stung for sulphur leak
The owners of Port Pirie's lead smelter have been fined $35,000 for leaking 700 litres of “toxic” sulphuric acid into waterways.
Defence receives record fine
The Department of Defence has been fined $1 million over a live-fire fatality.
PM's shallow words resound
Scott Morrison has delivered a series of hollow platitudes in his keynote address to the National Summit on Women’s Safety.
SafeWork launches ladder sweep
SafeWork NSW is cracking down on height-based risks on construction sites.
Skyview engineer probed
A NSW engineer is being investigated over apartment “structural issues” in a first for the state.
$2 billion in battle tech dropped
An internal report has criticised the Defence department for its scrapping of multi-billion-dollar Israeli technology.
Passports loom in states' way out
Australia’s major population centres have given hints of what the future “vaccine economy” will look like.
Power firms want border reform
Some of the world’s biggest electricity companies have warned that border closures could lead to blackouts.
Contractors cut from COVID support
Labour hire firms say thousands of contracted public servants will not be paid for time lost to COVID-19 vaccinations or isolation.