There is a greater importance being placed on culture and leadership in the workplace with regards to managing health and safety. The need for senior management to demonstrate leadership with regards to the corporate safety agenda is critical to positive safety outcomes. It is senior managemen...

Recent events have shown that work-related mental injury can affect any workplace and any industry. Work-related mental injury resulting in psychological harm is the second most common cause of workers' compensation claims in Australia, after manual handling. It currently accounts for 11 p...

HAZCON has been invited to present at the Australian Environment Business Network's (AEBN) Managing Your Waste Effectively Seminar in December. AEBN is Australia's peak organisation that specialises in representing industry, business and councils across Australia on environmental a...

Getting the right Hazardous Materials Audit is important as not identifying of hazardous materials in refurbishment and construction projects can lead to huge cost blow outs. Encountering unknown hazardous materials during refurbishment and construction projects are a significant potential...

For many of us in Australia, the amount of money that we spend on a meal or going out does not seem very much but in East Timor, it can keep a young girl in school for a year including all school fees, books and uniform. The 'Friends of Ermera', a community-based group of concerned...