All posts tagged "safety"

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  Making farms safer

  Only 3 percent of Queenslanders work on farms, but that’s where 30 percent of workplace deaths occur – something a conference hosted...

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  ARPANSA is installing a new medical linear accelerator (linac)

  ARPANSA is mandated to ensure the safe use of radiation in Australia. To do this and to make sure our medical radiation...

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  Cooperative and Highly Automated Driving Safety Study

  The Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads is conducting a Cooperative and Highly Automated Driving (CHAD) Safety Study. It will deliver...

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  WA to conduct scientific trial of SMART drumlines

  The WA Government will trial SMART drumlines in the State’s south-west to determine if the non-lethal technology is effective at reducing shark...

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  Improved risk management of paralytic shellfish toxins in lobster fishery

  A new Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS)-led study will refine lobster monitoring tools to reduce the costs associated with biotoxin...

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  1 in 5 assaults of males perpetrated by more than one stranger

  A notable number of assaults of males are perpetrated by more than one unknown attacker, new data released by the Australian Institute...

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  Fire resistant steel buildings in the frame

  QUT Engineering Professor Mahen Mahendran has been awarded a quarter-of-a-million dollar grant from the Australian Research Council (ARC), to investigate the fire...

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  Radiation Services at ANSTO highlighted

  ANSTO has a small delegation, primarily representatives from the Radiation Services group, participating in the 5th Asian & Oceanic International Radiation Protection...

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  New research program to tackle PFAS

  The Government has launched a new $13 million research program to tackle PFAS in the environment.

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  A wave of tsunami modellers descends on Canberra

  Geoscience Australia has welcomed tsunami modelling experts from across Australia for a workshop to develop nationally-consistent guidelines for tsunami hazard modelling in...