Archived News for OHS Sector Professionals - February, 2016
TEPCO execs called to court
Three former Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) executives will be on trial in the first criminal trial linked to the Fukushima crisis.
Unions move to form mega-front
Two of Australia’s largest and most powerful unions are one step closer to merging.
Major industries must move with machines
As robots take on more human abilities, a new report on the future of the workforce has been released.
Pill testing to prevent festival deaths
Doctors and addiction experts will conduct pill testing at NSW festivals, with or without the support of the Government.
Tech-heads inspect WA hospital woes
Tech experts have reviewed the botched handling of WA’s hospital digitisation program.
Anti-Safe-Schools brigade growing
The Prime Minister is under more pressure from the Neolithic faction of the LNP.
Lack of monitoring blurs train cop review
A review has found Melbourne’s protective services officers (PSO) have made train passengers feel safer, but it is hard to tell if they actually are safer.
Hospital hand-wash effects checked
An official review has found the national hospital hand-washing campaign to be effective, but quite expensive.
Lead levels linked with adult aggression
Experts say Australian children who are exposed to higher levels of lead are more likely to show increased aggressive behaviour in adulthood, and to commit an assault that results in death.
Life-saving tips for killer quads
Experts say something must be done to prevent more deaths on one of the most dangerous vehicles in Australia.
Local sites labour with overseas asbestos
Authorities say asbestos is still being used on Australian building sites.
Thirteen called on thuggery claims
Thirteen NSW union officials have been accused of unlawful blockades and work disruptions, and were served with notices to appear in the court this week.
Asha shifted while medics urge moral response
A baby at the centre of a passionate immigration policy fight has been transferred to community detention.
Hospital death sees tools-down in SA
Workers have walked off site after man was fatally crushed in a scissor lift at the Royal Adelaide Hospital site.
Concern raised as jab rates drop
New figures show Australia is slacking off on immunisation, and could be putting people at risk.
Extraction effort continues for trapped miner
Rescuers are close to reaching a man that has been trapped underground for days at an Australian-owned mine in Indonesia.
Pile-driver death inquest begins
The employer of a man who died in a Tasmanian workplace accident two years ago says he was “one of the best”.
Millions more recalled on airbag issues
German carmakers Volkswagen and Daimler have launched a recall of 1.5 million vehicles in the United States due to potentially faulty airbags.
SA wants waste opportunity
South Australia is lining itself up as the new home of nuclear waste in Australia.
Union figure's rap sheet shows cost of culture
A senior union figure has been held up as an example of “an intolerable culture that prevails” in the CFMEU.