Safety News Roundup 8 Aug 2014

Safety News Roundup

ACT - Mr Fluffy homes will most likely be demolished, says Chief Minister
“The advice that I’m getting from my experts at the moment is that it is looking like demolition will be what is recommended,” Ms Gallagher said, after meeting on Monday taskforce head Andrew Kefford, who will finalise his advice to Government within about a fortnight.
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SA - Premier Jay Weatherill unveils WorkCover shake-up
South Australian businesses are set to save more than $180 million a year through a major shake-up to WorkCover that will aim to get injured workers back on the job sooner, the government has announced.
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New trauma program for firefighting recruits aims to boost coping skills
A new program designed to help firefighting recruits cope with stress and anxiety after experiencing traumatic events in Western Australia could soon also be extended to their families.
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Asbestos homes built as experiments in 1970s
The National Capital Development Commission exhibited the six experimental modular houses as part of a push towards alternative housing construction in the 1970s.
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Truck driver involved in head-on crash had $128,000 worth of fines, court hears
Mr Tatana, a New Zealand international, is charged with causing serious injury, possessing a drug of dependence and driving with a suspended licence.
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ACT - Work stops after wall collapse injures bricklayer
Work has stopped on a Fyshwick construction site after a 28-year-old bricklayer was injured when a concrete wall fell on him in high winds on Thursday morning.
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Mental health nursing is 'most dangerous profession' in Victoria, new research finds
The study found more than 80 per cent of the nurses have been victims of violence in the past year and 50 per cent have suffered from four or more episodes of violence during their working lives.
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Mr Fluffy-style asbestos may be in Sydney homes
It has emerged that Mr Fluffy's methods of pumping in asbestos in its most dangerous form into roof spaces may have been much more widespread.
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VIC - Three dead in petrol tanker crash - BP recalls Australian truck fleet
BP has recalled its entire Australian truck fleet after one of its tankers lost its trailer and crushed three people to death in the state's north-east.
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Hot and bothered: our health under climate change
Climate change is not just something that happens to the Great Barrier Reef or Pacific Islands. The health of ordinary Australians may suffer as the temperature rises.
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VicRoads begins inspections of BP truck fleet following fatal crash
VicRoads spokesman Richard Bell said they were examining the condition of the vehicles to make sure they were in a "safe and serviceable condition"
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Online cot vendors penalised as ACCC announces major review of safety standards
Two eBay vendors have been penalised for selling non-compliant cots that could have severely injured or killed babies, the consumer watchdog said, as it launched a national review of mandatory standards for cots, strollers and bunk beds.
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NSW TAFE fined $300,000 over horse-riding death at Dubbo campus
It pleaded guilty to breaching occupational health and safety laws, with WorkCover alleging its systems lacked ‘‘any kind of rigour’’ and an ‘‘institutional vacuum’’ had existed.
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