I have already made my views felt on the topic in a recent article HARMONISATION LAWS HIT A BRICK WALL at the News Desk. It’s hard to believe that with such a strong consultation process with employer and business lobby groups that we even have an issue with the WHS Bill. You have to wonder[…]
In October 2007 I travelled to Tasmania to run REFLECTIONS on invitation by Safety Standards Tasmania. This was during Safe Work Week and the presentation was being run in front of young school leavers as well as the Tasmanian inspectorate. This was also when I first met Karen and Guy Hudson. This was really the[…]
I know in my own personal travels from within VOID and since my own son’s death, I’ve lost count of the number of times people have commented on how ‘strong’ we Mothers and Fathers are who have dealt with our collective grief and gone on to fight systems. It’s rather odd because being strong is[…]
Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations Rob Lucas has been busy ensuring the public is duly made aware of the consequences of the proposed National Harmonised Work Health and Safety Regulations. IT’S GOING TO PUSH UP PRICES Of course the best way to create a little opposition to these new laws is to throw some fear[…]
CORONERS COURT REPORT “They were right up there…” That was the answer given by Mr Hawkins at the Coroner’s Inquest yesterday when asked a question about Premier Road Services attitude toward Occupational Health and Safety at the time Kym Greenhalgh was killed. The court heard that there had been numerous ‘Fault Reports’ made on this[…]
The matter before the Coroner’s Court in Adelaide this week relates to a tragic workplace death in April 2008 which killed Kym Charles Greenhalgh. Mr Greenhalgh worked for a company called Pioneer Road Services and they were at the time undertaking road resurfacing work in the Adelaide Hills town of Meadows in South Australia. It[…]
You might recognise this image from the building site from this News item on September 9th 2011. As we advised on back then by way of comment, SafeWork SA had paid a visit to this construction site and the situation appeared to have been remedied quite quickly. Well, now we don’t actually know for sure[…]
A recent comment on the News Desk made remarks that suggested it was socially irresponsible to put photographs of examples of unsafe work up on the VOID website. It was said that these instances should be reported to the regulator and not sent to VOID for publication. It’s important to clarify a few things here.[…]
One of the biggest, most awarded and independently certified companies in Australia was engaged to complete reinstatement works for a project. Having heard such great things about the company I had little concern – until I drove past the work site that is. Near the corner of the busiest South Australian intersection, these guys were[…]
The link to this important story is here: http://www.todaytonightadelaide.com.au/?page=Story&StoryID=1337 It is hard to imagine how an investigation and the subsequent determinations into a workplace death can be allowed to become so chaotic and perplexing. I simply can’t fathom an instance where a Policeman would not blink an eye if the street where a car accident[…]
This situation at the Adelaide Desalination Plant just keeps getting uglier as time goes on. The contemptuous disregard for occupational health and safety legislation by the very people we rely on to implement these laws has become the saddest irony of all. It is the classic case of; Do as I say, not as I[…]
I would very much like to take a newspaper, walk through the doors of Parliament House and slap the thing over a select few craniums – more than a few actually! Seriously, when it comes to Occupational Health and Safety, not much has changed in the 7 years since VOID came to be. We had[…]
FEBRUARY 26th 2012 Sunday 12.00pm Glanville Hotel – 47 Causeway Road, Glanville SA APRIL 8th 2012 Sunday 12.00pm Glanville Hotel – 47 Causeway Road, Glanville SA APRIL 28th 2012 INTERNATIONAL WORKERS’ MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE 2012 Saturday 10.00am Pilgrim Uniting Church – 12 Flinders Street, Adelaide SA MAY 20th 2012 Sunday 12.00pm Glanville Hotel – 47[…]
I’m a massive fan of 5AA’s Leon Byner so when I heard him intro a segment yesterday that involved Occupational Health and Safety, of course I’m all ears! His introduction blurb was superb as always. He spoke about the need for a rigorous random workplace inspection protocol followed by the enforcement of the legislation –[…]
VOID LUNCH SUNDAY DECEMBER 11th 2011 (12.00pm) GLANVILLE HOTEL 50 THE CAUSEWAY, GLANVILLE SA So much of what has happened this year at VOID has been behind the scenes. Plugging away through large boxes of files and documents, relating to an investigation of sorts. Another workplace death. Another matter where the circumstances are anything but[…]
Asbestos Victims Memorial Ceremony A Ceremony will be held for all asbestos victims and their families on Friday 25 November 2011 at 10.30am The ceremony is to be held at Pitman Park, Salisbury Relatives and friends of victims are invited to lay flowers in memory of loved ones at the conclusion of[…]
The above snippet is taken from South Australian Parliament HANSARD – from our Legislative Council in September 2011. We agree with Minister Wortley in this comment. The functions of SafeWork SA are of very high importance and the work undertaken needs to be of a very high standard. If that were more the reality, perhaps[…]
The Parliamentary Select Committee On the Lonsdale-Based Adelaide Desalination Plant has been hearing evidence for many months now in relation to matters of the Desal plant. Tuesday 15th November 2011 at 11.30am the committee will sit again. It’s not going to be easy for anyone to discredit or question the testimony of the brave man[…]
Deep in the trenches of my mind there’s a bundle of nerves having party at my expense. I’ve been frantically tweaking with last minute changes to bring REFLECTIONS a fresh new look. Once again however, what I assumed might have been a fairly undemanding task has ended up being the exact opposite. Not to worry[…]
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