safety

Eligible strata communities in NSW can register their interest in the government’s remediation program to remove flammable cladding from residential buildings. 

A Victorian parliamentary inquiry to consider expanding school bus services to the general public in regional areas begins on Tuesday.

Minister for women’s safety Senator Anne Ruston said that while the training was not mandatory for MPs, Morrison expects all parliamentarians to take it up.

As the global fight against COVID-19 continues, reusable face masks have quickly become an integral part of our day-to-day lives.

Public policy is challenged by many problems which don’t have clear answers ranging from environmental, health, education and pandemics to the drug trade and social injustice.

If it’s urgent, critical or not working – you are already in unsafe territory.

Government bodies need to take a special approach to procurement when it comes to artificial intelligence, according to the World Economic Forum’s Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Federal public service leaders want the official FOI guidelines changed to support their standard practice of shielding the names and contact details of staff below senior executive level wherever possible, with many agencies citing harrowing tales of harassment and abuse staff members have suffered after their identities were released in FOI documents.

Highly experienced physician and clinical safety expert Dr John Wakefield has been appointed as the director-general of Queensland Health, following the recent retirement of Michael Walsh after four years in the position.

Career public servant Sue Weston has been appointed chief executive of Comcare, just as an interesting case highlights the divergence between the major parties on workers’ compensation in the public sector. 

Very large organisations can find serious risks if they start worrying about what kinds of dangerous activities staff get up to in their own time. For Defence, over 6000 personnel whizzing around on motorbikes is a risk worth managing.

The NDIS quality and safeguarding framework has finally emerged from the complex deliberations between Australia’s nine governments.