Tag: safety
Employers fined more than $16 million for safety breaches
Stefan Bradley
VICTORIAN employers are reminded they face serious legal consequences if they put workers at risk, after WorkSafe completed 153 successful health and safety...
Swim super heroes
Tom Parry
A MAFFRA family has been honoured for their decades-long contribution to water safety education.
Siblings Tim and Kathie Kemp, alongside their mother Jean, received...
Energysaver heaters should be checked
ENERGY Safe Victoria is calling on those using Rinnai Energysaver heaters with combined horizontal/vertical on-wall flue systems to get in touch with the supplier...
Stratford to walk the Walk this Friday
Tom Parry
NATIONAL Walk Safely to School Day occurs tomorrow, and motorists are being urged to keep alert.
Schools across the nation and Gippsland will be...
Safety must be a priority for rural GPs
THE Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) is calling for a renewed commitment by all governments to keep rural and remote hospitals...
Giving the next generation a safer start
Narelle Beer
LANDING your first job as a teenager is a big deal. For me, it was at a popular fast food outlet. (Chicken, anyone?)
I...
Reminder to pool owners
VICTORIANS should make sure their swimming pool or spa is installed by a registered building practitioner and has a compliant safety fence, to avoid...
Child safety takes centre stage in Maffra
This story was published in the Gippsland Times on August 23, 2022.
PUPILS, teachers and parents in Maffra have been taught valuable lessons about personal safety,...
New child-focused farm safety podcast series launched
DRIVING social change to improve the safety of Victorian farming families is a new podcast series launched by the Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) Making...
Reminder to slow down for active wildlife this spring
WILDLIFE volunteers are urging Gippsland drivers to watch out and slow down for wildlife on roads as they become more mobile closer to spring.
Every...
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Noonan and Schaupp perform at The Wedge tonight
Stefan Bradley
Tomorrow at The Wedge, Katie Noonan and Karin Schaupp, both ARIA award-winning musicians, will be celebrating some of Australia's greatest female artists through...
