Author: Sean Carroll
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WorkSafe VIC: Make workplace safety a priority in 2021
WorkSafe is calling on all Victorians to prioritise health and safety in the workplace following the deaths of 65 workers 2020. WorkSafe chief executive Colin Radford ... -
VBA: Building permit bounce back a sign of industry rebound
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Victoria’s building industry had a strong 2020 and recorded the highest level of permit approvals in the past two decades. The Victorian ... -
Construction industry gets automated at new Monash University facility
Monash University’s Department of Civil Engineering will lead an interdisciplinary team from seven Australian universities to develop a one-of-a-kind facility centred on structural assembled and construction ... -
Sentence for fake information about asbestos-contaminated waste disposal
Paul Mouawad, who was paid nearly a quarter of a million to take asbestos-contaminated soil to a lawful landfill has been handed a one-year term of ... -
NAWIC announces 2021 International Women’s Day Scholarship Winner
The National Association of Women in Construction has given out its yearly IWD scholarship which awards $20,000 to a woman who is focused on contributing towards ... -
SafeWork to examine Sydney construction sites
SafeWork will be visiting construction sites across wider Sydney this week with inspectors looking at unsafe working systems across the entire process. Better Regulation Division executive ... -
Master Builders: Apprentice wage subsidy extension an economic boost
Master Builders Australia has celebrated the Federal Government’s 50% apprentice and trainee wage subsidy, saying it will create new job opportunities in the industry and lead ... -
Agreement to boost Indigenous participation in construction
BESIX Watpac has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a leading NSW Indigenous business group to boost participation by First Nations people in the construction industry. ... -
WorkSafe Vic: Let’s be very clear about workplace sexual harassment
WorkSafe is encouraging all Victorian employers and workers to make it their business to stamp out workplace sexual harassment, launching the Let’s Be Very Clear campaign. ... -
ERVest, the ‘defibrillator of heatstroke’ launches in Australia
The ERVest has launched in Australia. It’s a medical and military-grade, self-powered, endothermic cooling device which has been labelled as the solution to immediately treat heatstroke. ...
