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Six key components of a comprehensive fire safety management plan
In modern safety and disaster prevention, few concerns weigh as heavily on our minds as fire safety. Fire incidents frequently have the potential to ... -
Fergus and NECA partners to enhance onsite safety for electrical contractors
Fergus has entered a strategic partnership with NECA NSW, ACT, QLD and TAS to help Australian electricians keep their work sites safe and efficient. ... -
Energy Safe Victoria calls for better safety following electrician’s death
Energy Safe Victoria chief executive officer Leanne Hughson is calling on the electrical industry to take better account of electrical safety and occupational health ... -
Electricians fined after failing to install a switchboard safety component
Perth Magistrates Court has fined an electrical company and two workers after failing to install a switchboard safety component that left occupants in three ... -
AEMC recommends mass rollout of smart meters
The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has made a final recommendation in its metering review for the accelerated rollout of smart meters across Australian ... -
100,000 construction workers to take part in suicide prevention
Building workers across Australia will be taking time out this week to check in with each other’s mental health and fly the flag for ... -
WorkSafe update continues on EWP safety observers
WorkSafe Australia updates have continued for the discussion around elevated working platforms (EWPs) safety observers, specifically about whether they can be in the same ... -
Solar panel technology is set to be turbo-charged – but first, a few big roadblocks have to be cleared
Solar panel technology has made enormous progress in the past two decades. In fact, the most advanced silicon solar cells produced today are about ... -
R U OK?Day 2023: Let your mates know you’re ‘here to hear’
This R U OK?Day (Thursday 14 September 2023), R U OK? is calling on tradespeople to let their workmates and loved ones know; ‘I’m ... -
Incoming second tranche of IR reforms
Consultations have been ongoing with relevant parties on the second tranche of industrial relations reforms, which are likely to be introduced in parliament sometime ...
