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Transport & Logistics
Weighty challenges for heavy vehicle safety
The Chain of Responsibility and Heavy Vehicle Safety Conference, supported by the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport Association (CILTA), will be taking place on 3 & 4 December. This year the National Heavy Vehicle Laws have been rolled out, meaning a new rule book applies in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South…
7 Oct 2014, by Informa InsightsOccupational Health & Safety | Transport & Logistics
For a safer Australia: Q & A Sessions with road experts
Following the roll-out of The National Heavy Vehicle Laws earlier this year, we spoke to a few speakers of the upcoming Chain of Responsibility & Heavy Vehicle Safety Conference about the effects of this new rule book that applies in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia, and key issues and challenges for…
7 Oct 2014, by Informa InsightsTransport & Logistics
Q & A with Julia Collins, Safe Work Australia
Julia Collins is Acting Branch Manager of the Review and Engagement Branch at Safe Work Australia. Her role currently includes investigating how the model Work Health and Safety (WHS) laws could be improved. Julia has extensive experience in policy development at the national level and in the WHS regulatory field. She has been closely involved…
6 Oct 2014, by Informa InsightsHealthcare | Technology
Stephen Munn on healthcare technology assessment
In the lead up to the 3rd Annual Health Technology Assessment Conference, Professor Stephen Munn, Clinical Director, Transplantation at Auckland District Health Board joined us to talk about healthcare technology assessment. My expertise in HTA comes from 9 years as the chair of a hospital-based HTA unit during which time we've received more than 75 submissions…
3 Oct 2014, by Informa InsightsMining & Resources
Adani Mining sets a leading example and paves the way forward
Set to be one of the biggest coal mines in the world and Australia’s largest thermal coal mine in the North Galilee Basin, the $16.5 billion Carmichael Coal project has successfully received approval from the Federal Government in July this year, after sign off by the Queensland government in May. Where is the project located?…
2 Oct 2014, by Informa InsightsFood & Agriculture
What if the Silicon Valley of food manufacturing was in Australia?
The recipe for sustainable growth? Talent, Opportunity and Innovation. When the three line up, something special happens. Unfortunately, they are all in short supply in Australia at the moment, hence building the conditions for them to collide and create new possibilities is essential to underpin healthy growth prospects. Nicolas Georges, Director of Research and Development -…
1 Oct 2014, by Informa InsightsMining & Resources
Close-Up: Thomas Boehlert
Mr Thomas Boehlert is the current President, CEO, Director of First Nickel Inc., a position he has held since September 2011. Mr. Boehlert has had extensive experience with international natural resource and energy companies in optimizing operations and executing growth strategies. He was most recently Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Toronto and New…
1 Oct 2014, by Informa InsightsMining & Resources
Close-Up: Dr Scott Bensley
Dr Scott Bensley is currently the Principal Metallurgist Processing - Resource Development/Metallurgical Development, Rio Tinto Iron Ore. After graduating from Mineral Processing at the University of Queensland in 1993, Scott took a graduate metallurgist position at Tarong Coal near Nanango Queensland. During these first 2 years, he completed a 7 month secondment to the Century…
1 Oct 2014, by Informa InsightsDefence & Security
Chief Minister Adam Giles to open the Northern Australia Defence Summit
We are pleased to advise that the NT Chief Minister The Hon. Adam Giles MLA will be opening the 2nd Annual ADM's Northern Australia Defence Summit, which will take place on the 15th and 16th October in Darwin. Here is a snippet of the Chief Minister's background: Chief Minister Adam Giles was born in the Blue…
1 Oct 2014, by Informa InsightsHealthcare
The challenge of gaining international consensus in clinical testing
Despite the routine nature of comparing sequence variations identified during clinical testing to database records, few databases meet quality requirements for clinical diagnostics. To address this issue, The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA) in collaboration with the Human Genetics Society of Australasia (HGSA), and the Human Variome Project (HVP) is developing standards for…
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