All posts tagged "safety"

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  Fast Facts

  Children should wear helmets around horses

  A new study has recommended helmets should always be worn by children, not only when riding horses, but also when around horses,...

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  165

  News and Views

  Warning to drone flyers – keep away from floods

  Drone flyers are being warned not to get in the way of emergency air services during the current flood crisis in NSW...

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  Fast Facts

  Windrow burning – apps to assist

  Many southern New South Wales growers will be turning their minds to windrow burning soon, and while there are a number of...

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  News and Views

  Severe Tropical Cyclone Debbie to impact QLD

  Severe Tropical Cyclone Debbie intensified to Category 4 strength on 28 March 2017, and has maintained this strength as it approached the...

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  Rural

  Call for quad bike five-star safety rating system

  The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) and the Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) called for a five-star safety rating system to be...

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  Fast Facts

  Addressing Methamphetamine in the workplace

  Crystal methamphetamine or ‘ice’ in the workplace is becoming an increasing concern, with the number of Queensland farmers reporting drug use among...

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  Fast Facts

  Quad safety rebates zoom past $1 million mark

  The Victorian Farmers Federation has handed out more than $1 million in safety rebates since October 2016 in a major milestone for...

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  News and Views

  Australia supporting food safety in Bangladesh

  Federal Assistant Minister to the Deputy Prime Minister, Luke Hartsuyker, met with the Bangladesh Minister of Food, Md Qamrul Islam, to provide...

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  Rural

  Drone bushfire warning

  People with drones are being warned it can be an offence to fly their machines near bushfires.

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  Fun

  What’s your farm safety story?

  Do you live on a farm? Is your family on a property? Are you working on a farm, or interested in a...