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• Australia to improve its offshore petroleum industry safety benchmark

  A subsea first response toolkit with potential spills will be developed to improve Australia’s offshore petroleum industry safety benchmarks. Ninemsn reports that petroleum operators and regulators have been reviewing lessons learned from incidents at the Montara and gulf of Mexico. Speaking at the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) conference, Minister for Resources and Continue Reading

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• Firies at risk when working from roofs, union claims

  The United Firefighters Union has filed a complaint to WorkSafe ACT claiming that firies’ lives were put to risk when working on roofs. Canberra Times reports that firefighters have been forced to work from roofs during major storms without proper protection gear. David Livingstone, the union’s ACT branch secretary said that this issue has been Continue Reading

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