Plasterboard manufacturer USG Boral has issued a warning to customers that some of its fire-rated plasterboard products may be contaminated with asbestos-containing vermiculite. Although not all vermiculite contains asbestos, some products were made with vermiculite that contained asbestos until the early 1990s. Vermiculite mines throughout...
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Work Science is one of Australia’s highly regarded safety, property and risk management consultancies. To support our continued growth and the deliver of recent project wins we are seeking: A senior hazardous materials and occupational hygiene consultant (3-5 years experience); and A HSE consultant (1-3...
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Today Work Science welcomes Steven Hains as our Head of Property Risk. This newly created role is in response to client requests to complement our existing full-suite WHS service offering with technical services in the property risk, hazardous materials and occupational hygiene space. Steve brings a...
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Early in December 2019 – yes, the past few months have been, and continue to be, hectic for many reasons, hence this late post – our AHRI Safety and Wellbeing Forum welcomed James Wallace, Head of Safety & Wellbeing at Sydney Water to share research-led...
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Earlier this month our AHRI Safety and Wellbeing Forum welcomed Scarlet Reid and Nathan Roberts of McCullough Robertson Lawyers to share their views on the latest trends in regulator investigations and enforcement powers. McCullough Robertson’s session covered a practical overview of incident response, plus insights...
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In May our AHRI Safety and Wellbeing forum welcomed Andrew Ellery, Head of Community Engagement at icare, to brief attendees on the research and program development for its “Respect and Resilience in Retail” trial. icare provide workers compensation insurance to more than 326,000 public and private...
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In February our AHRI Safety & Wellbeing Network joined forces with AHRI’s Diversity & Inclusion Network to host a forum on “How to deploy effective diversity programs to supercharge workplace wellbeing” at Taronga Zoo’s new Institute for Science & Learning. Three speakers tackled the topic from...
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Late last month our AHRI Health, Safety and Wellbeing forum welcomed Alice Stanish, Acting General Manager Safety and Risk Assurance at The Star Entertainment Group to share lessons on disruptive safety: how to successfully implement WHS change programs in a 24/7 live entertainment environment. As an...
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Earlier this month our AHRI Health, Safety and Wellbeing Forum welcomed back Chelsea Cook, National Safety, Health, Environment and Quality (SHEQ) Manager at Defence Housing Australia (DHA) to share an update on DHA’s transformational safety journey. Last year Chelsea presented on DHA’s occupational violence program; now...
Read MoreLast Friday almost 20 of Canberra’s hardiest WHS and HR professionals braved a one-degree morning to attend our first AHRI WHS Forum in Canberra. Chelsea Cook, National SHEQ Manager at Defence Housing Australia shared the three-year journey her organisation has travelled to foster safer staff behaviour...
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