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Boardrooms should drive safety culture  12/5/2012
Boardrooms should drive safety culture
Company boards have a powerful role to play in influencing the safety outcomes of the organisations they govern beyond pure compliance with relevant workplace safety legislation, ...
Workaholics can't compensate for unhappy home life  11/29/2012
Workaholics can't compensate for unhappy home life
People who try to deal with an unhappy home life by investing more time and effort at work are deluding themselves, according to a new study recently published by the British Journal ...
James Hardie litigation comes at 'staggering cost'  11/21/2012
James Hardie litigation comes at 'staggering cost'
A corporate governance expert says the final ruling in the James Hardie Industries litigation does provide some broad justice and clarification of directors' duties, but the length ...
How to safely remove, replace pneumatic tyres on forklifts  11/13/2012
How to safely remove, replace pneumatic tyres on forklifts
There has been a new focus within the materials handling industry of late regarding the danger of wheel removals and replacements on all forklifts with pneumatic tyres.
Workplace cyber bullying becoming more widespread  11/7/2012
Workplace cyber bullying becoming more widespread
Cyber bullying – using modern communications such as e-mails, texts or web-postings - is as common in the workplace as ‘conventional’ bullying. Yet, the way cyber bullying influences ...
Research leads to smarter sewage management  11/7/2012
Research leads to smarter sewage management
Scientists from UQ's Advanced Water Management Centre have found a way to curb the cost – and smell – of sewage transportation.
Laws not the key to safe phone use in cars  11/7/2012
Laws not the key to safe phone use in cars
New technology, rather than new laws, is the key to improving driver safety while using mobile phones in cars, according to a QUT expert.
Counting the cost of injury in Western Australia  10/31/2012
Counting the cost of injury in Western Australia
A Senior Research Fellow with the Centre Population Health Research at Curtin University is uncovering the true cost of injury in Western Australia thanks to a $150,000 research ...
Safety concerns for inexperienced construction supervisors  10/23/2012
Safety concerns for inexperienced construction supervisors
Inexperienced workers are being promoted to supervisory roles within the civil construction sector without the specialist training required, according to a new study by Edith Cowan ...
Mouldy SA buildings know their limits  10/16/2012
Mouldy SA buildings know their limits
The acceptable amount of mould in Adelaide workplaces has been officially set for the first time following a collaborative scientific study by Flinders and Adelaide University.
Easy to fall asleep at the wheel: study  10/16/2012
Easy to fall asleep at the wheel: study
Nodding off at the wheel could be easier than you think. All participants in a QUT study showed extreme levels of sleepiness 40 minutes into a simulated driving test after waking ...
Digital stress and strain: the paperless office as a workplace hazard  9/2/2012
Digital stress and strain: the paperless office as a workplace hazard
Office workers from all professions are experiencing unprecedented levels of neck, back, shoulder and arm pain as an unintended consequence of the paperless office, according to new ...
Mental stigma? Workers less likely to claim for psychological illness  8/26/2012
Mental stigma? Workers less likely to claim for psychological illness
Research has found workers are significantly less likely to claim GP visits for psychological illnesses on workers' compensation than they are for physical work-related injuries such ...
Employee power means fewer sickies: study  7/10/2012
Employee power means fewer sickies: study
Employees take fewer sickies if they have more control over their jobs, according to a new study.
Australians work too hard: expert claims  7/3/2012
Australians work too hard: expert claims
Overwork is significantly impacting the mental health and wellbeing of Australians, a Flinders University labour studies expert warns.
The hunt is on for Australia's brightest sparks  6/19/2012
The hunt is on for Australia's brightest sparks
The search is on again for the nation’s greatest ideas – in fields from environmental science to education – through the $70,000 The Australian Innovation Challenge awards.
Nanoparticles seek and destroy groundwater toxins  6/14/2012
Nanoparticles seek and destroy groundwater toxins
Iron nanoparticles encapsulated in a rust-preventing polymer coating could hold incredible potential for cleaning up groundwater contaminated with toxic chemicals, a leading water ...
Fighting fires with computer modelling  6/12/2012
Fighting fires with computer modelling
Through advanced computer modelling of house fires, mechanical engineers at UNSW are giving fire fighters a new suite of tools to investigate and battle dangerous blazes in time for ...
Why business needs to take the 'man' out of manual work  6/5/2012
Why business needs to take the 'man' out of manual work
The cost of workplace injuries is massive, but only simple, effective and money saving solutions can persuade industries to change, according to leading safety product providers ...
New type of biosensor is fast, super-sensitive  6/1/2012
New type of biosensor is fast, super-sensitive
A whole new class of biosensor that can detect exceptionally small traces of contaminants in liquids in just 40 minutes has been developed by a UNSW-led team of researchers.
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