All posts tagged "safety"

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  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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  Small Farms

  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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  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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  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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  Small Farms

  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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  Small Farms

  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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  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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  Drone bushfire warning

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

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  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...

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  Heatwave Action Plan activated

  The Heatwave Action Plan has been activated following the prediction of heatwave conditions mainly in the north of NSW, with extreme heatwave...