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Poor safety to blame for staff turnover (11/3/2010)
Companies lose about 10 per cent of their turnover as a result of poor safety, costing billions in lost production and flow-on effects, a leading academic says.
Source: the Daily Telegraph
School principal investigated over claims that he 'bullied teachers' (11/3/2010)
A primary school principal in Brisbane's southeast is under investigation for bullying, after Education Queensland appointed him despite him being shifted from two other schools following similar complaints.
Source: Courier Mail
Three hurt after crane comes off hinges (11/3/2010)
Three workers have been injured in a crane accident near Gympie, north of Brisbane.
Source: the Daily Telegraph
Rudd faces Senate strife on maternity leave (11/3/2010)
Kevin Rudd will face a Senate ambush aimed at sweetening his 18-week paid maternity leave scheme as Tony Abbott's $2.7 billion six-month-leave policy wins support from the Greens, and a sympathetic hearing from the two independents.
Source: the Australian
BHP Kalgoorlie radiation claims quashed (11/3/2010)
Rumours of radiation risk from a decommissioned uranium testing site near Kalgoorlie-Boulder have been quashed by the state government.
Source: WA Today
Cop done for DUI in police car (11/3/2010)
A Territory police officer has been caught drink-driving in a police vehicle while on duty.
Source: NT News
Queensland schools in asbestos risk (10/3/2010)
The Queensland government says it will look into opposition claims a company whose asbestos removal licensee was suspended last year has conducted removal work in schools.
Source: Brisbane Times
Staff evacuated from P&O shipping warehouse after acid leak (10/3/2010)
About 50 people have been evacuated from a P&O shipping transport building in West Melbourne after an acid leak.
Source: the Age
Union pair on assault charges (10/3/2010)
Two senior building union officials are to face court next month after being charged with assault and other offences following an alleged incident at a Carlton building site last March.
Source: the Age
Healing for workplace-death families (10/3/2010)
The families of people who have died as a result of bullying or an accident at work could meet the employers or offenders to help the healing process in a program that could soon be on trial in Victoria.
Source: the Age
Parental plan a 'cheap ploy' to win votes (10/3/2010)
Reaction from ABC readers suggests many Australians are sceptical about the Federal Opposition Leader's ambitious parental leave plan.
Source: ABC
Tony Abbott eyes working families with paid parental leave (9/3/2010)
Tony Abbott has thrown his first major policy punch of the election year, proposing a $2.7 billion tax on big companies to fund a universal paid parental leave scheme.
Source: the Australian
Paramedics injured in crash (9/3/2010)
Two paramedics have been injured in a car crash at Hillarys in Perth's northern suburbs.
Source: ABC
Business anger at Abbott leave plan (9/3/2010)
Big business, unions and the Rudd Government have rejected Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's plan to make working mums and dads eligible for six months' paid parental leave.
Source: Canberra Times
Pluto workers put at asbestos risk, AMWU claims (9/3/2010)
Workers at Woodside Petroleum's Pluto liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects in Western Australia have been exposed to high levels of asbestos, their union claims.
Source: WA Today
Chemical leak sparks evacuation of freight facility in West Melbourne (9/3/2010)
Workers were forced to evacuate a freight facility near West Swanson dock this morning after chemicals were found leaking from packages.
Source: Herald Sun
Parklea Prison needs needle program: expert (8/3/2010)
Officers at Parklea Correctional Centre should demand a regulated needle exchange program to protect themselves from HIV and hepatitis C, according to new research.
Source: Rouse Hill Times
Huge factory blaze in Brunswick (8/3/2010)
A worker suffered burns trying to put out a fire that spread into a huge blaze at a carpet factory in Brunswick today.
Source: Herald Sun
Truck safety blitz alarms SA authorities (8/3/2010)
One in three trucks stopped during a statewide crackdown on heavy vehicles was taken off the road because of safety breaches in a result that has startled transport authorities.
Source: Adelaide Now
Company fined for insulation house fire (8/3/2010)
A New South Wales company has become the first in Australia to be fined over a fire caused by faulty insulation installed under the Government's rebate program.
Source: ABC
Childcare worker sacked after two-year-old boy escapes from Swinburne Childcare Centre (5/3/2010)
A childcare worker has been sacked and two others cautioned after a two-year-old boy fled from a childcare centre.
Source: Herald Sun
Eight fire trucks rush to Port of Brisbane after funny odour detected (5/3/2010)
Eight fire trucks have descended upon the Port of Brisbane where a container is giving off a ``funny odour''.
Source: Courier Mail
Brisbane buses flout traffic rules (5/3/2010)
Brisbane's bus drivers are regularly flouting the road rules, racking up more than 100 speeding and red light offences last financial year.
Source: Courier Mail
ACT tender process 'a shambles': CFMEU (5/3/2010)
The construction union has told an ACT Legislative Assembly committee that many subcontractors working on Government building sites have awful safety standards.
Source: ABC
Mechanic hurt in truck cabin collapse (5/3/2010)
A mechanic is lucky to be alive after a one-tonne truck cabin collapsed on him east of Melbourne today, paramedics say.
Source: the Age
Beware of the chair (4/3/2010)
The science is in and it's scary. Sitting down is bad for you - very bad. So much so that some workplaces are starting to act. Lissa Christopher, who wrote this story standing up, reports.
Source: SMH
Prison van death prompts call for alert buzzers (4/3/2010)
There are calls for New South Wales prison vans to be fitted with buzzer devices to alert drivers of sick and injured prisoners, after a man died in custody last year.
Source: ABC
Radioactive waste in hospital basement (4/3/2010)
Nuclear waste is being stored in a room at Royal Darwin Hospital.
Source: NT News
Company fined after third worker injured (4/3/2010)
A wandering hay baling company has been fined $40,000 after an employee's hand was crushed, resulting in the amputation of part of a finger.
Source: Perth Now
Qantas rejects sex discrimination claims (4/3/2010)
Qantas has rejected union claims that a group of female workers was sacked on the basis of gender discrimination.
Source: the Daily Telegraph
WorkCover wants costs despite court ruling (4/3/2010)
A struggling abattoir in regional NSW is being driven to the wall by WorkCover, despite a scathing High Court ruling calling a similar prosecution by the state workplace safety watchdog oppressive and unjust.
Source: the Australian