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Occupational Health & Safety | Uncategorised
How to manage COVID risk in the workplace
Managing COVID-19 risk in the workplace will likely be an ongoing challenge for employers in the years ahead. With international borders now re-opening, and workers filtering back into the office, company directors will begin to bear the full brunt of keeping their teams safe. Wade Needham, a General Manager at Fresh Country Farms Australia believes…
8 Nov 2021, by Amy SarcevicOccupational Health & Safety
The right way to handle a bullying or harassment complaint according to SafeWork NSW
As a manager or director of a large corporation, what would you do if you received an employee complaint about bullying or harassment within your team? For most people, the answer is the same: forward the matter to human resources, where an investigation will decide whether the accused person has breached the company’s Code of…
29 Oct 2021, by Amy SarcevicMining & Resources
Outlook for minerals sands – an interview with Reg Adams
The mineral sands sector is well-accustomed to supply shortfalls, having weathered a series of geopolitical setbacks since mid-last decade. An unnerving mix of post-Brexit uncertainty, rising tensions with China, and a string of outages in major global supply hubs, have been stalling - or outright upending - production efforts since 2016. However when the COVID-19…
27 Oct 2021, by Amy SarcevicBusiness | Social Policy
Is net zero achievable? An interview with Former Chief Scientist Dr Alan Finkel AO and IPCC Co-Chair Prof Jim Skea
As the world counts down to the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, pressure from scientists, activists, and existing ‘Paris Agree-ers’ has been mounting for Australia to carve out a road-map towards net zero emissions by 2050. But while the Coalition’s reticence over strong climate action may have become increasingly unpopular, it is grounded in legitimate…
26 Oct 2021, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare
Managing workplace violence at Monash Health – an interview with Security Director Steve Bills
Violence against healthcare professionals is prevalent in Australia, with 87 percent of workers reporting at least one physical assault over a six month period. With the rise of methamphetamine usage and the number of patients presenting to emergency wards with acute mental health problems, the issue is growing. Between 2016 and 2019 physical assaults in…
25 Oct 2021, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare
Improving outcomes from reproductive carrier screening – an interview with Prof Martin Delatycki
Reproductive carrier screening (RCS) has become increasingly sophisticated over the years. Now capable of screening thousands of genes, RCS can identify couples at risk of many hundreds of autosomal and X-linked recessive genetic conditions. But while RCS is being offered to more women and couples, scope for poor patient outcomes remains higher than it should,…
20 Oct 2021, by Amy SarcevicMining & Resources
How Medallion Resources is improving the mineral sands’ carbon footprint
Electrified mining fleets, energy efficient crushing and grinding, and renewable power, have all been positively impacting the mining industry’s carbon footprint for a number of years. More recently, increased recovery of value from each tonne mined, reduced transport of bulky materials, and design that incorporates process intensification principles have been looked at for the next…
19 Oct 2021, by Amy SarcevicDefence & Security
Luke McLeod: How Defence is Transforming Base Services
Defence is entering a new paradigm, preparing to engage with industry on the fourth generation of lucrative contracts for Estate and Base Services. As Minister for Defence Industry Melissa Price recently told Australian Defence Magazine (ADM), the department is getting ready to start engaging industry on future long-term contracts worth about $1.2 billion a year. “Defence wants to…
30 Sep 2021, by Skye RytenskildHealthcare
How Dr Louise Sun is Harnessing Big Data to Change Cardiovascular Medicine
There's a new, glimmering frontier in healthcare. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning are reshaping the future, with the potential to relieve the burden on health professionals and allow physicians to connect better with patients. Also known as ‘Deep Medicine’, AI and Machine Learning can help cut down the cost of healthcare. From transforming note taking and…
28 Sep 2021, by Skye RytenskildHealthcare
Damien Mu, AIA: Incentivising Australians to Improve Health & Wellbeing
Empowering Australians with the tools they need to take control of their own health is an impetus sweeping across the nation's health sector. Around 40% of Australians now live with chronic health conditions and half of all hospital admissions are related. There’s clearly an urgent need for meaningful change to the way chronic disease is…
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