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Officer bashed in fake jail riot (22/2/2012)
A prison officer was savagely bashed during a mock jail siege after being mistaken for an inmate by the riot squad.
Source: NT News
Man dies in fall from cherry picker (22/2/2012)
WorkSafe is investigating the death of a 47-year-old tree lopper in South Perth.
Source: ABC
Home insulation overhaul insists on upgraded electrical standards (22/2/2012)
The first changes to national guidelines for installing ceiling insulation since the bungled federal government home insulation scheme will be introduced next month.
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald
Injured nurse awarded six figure pay-out (22/2/2012)
An aged care nurse has been awarded a large damages award for injuries sustained at an understaffed nursing home in Melbourne's east.
Source: ABC
Truckie charged over fatal Hume Highway crash (22/2/2012)
A Sydney truck driver has been charged over a horrific crash that killed three people on the Hume Highway last month.
Source: ABC
Hospital violence linked to waiting (21/2/2012)
Emergency department staff are at a higher risk of attacks, with figures showing a 10 per cent rise in violent incidents at city hospitals.
Source: Adelaide Now
Westpac bank worker gets $270,000 for chair collapse (21/2/2012)
A bank employee who seriously injured her back when a chair collapsed under her at work has been awarded more than $270,000 in damages.
Source: Courier Mail
Giddings retracts spike claim (21/2/2012)
Premier Lara Giddings has back-tracked on tree-spiking allegations she made after a forestry rally on Saturday.
Source: The Mercury
Lives at risk as Royal Adelaide Hospital nurse numbers rationed, union says (20/2/2012)
Nursing shifts at the Royal Adelaide Hospital are being arranged to suit budgets rather than patient demand, the state's nursing union has warned.
Source: Adelaide Now
No records mean we may never know extent of dumped asbestos (20/2/2012)
Canberrans may never uncover the full amount of dangerous asbestos dumped in the ACT.
Canberrans may never uncover the full amount of dangerous asbestos dumped in the ACT.
Source: Canberra Times
Union push for uniform unfair dismissal laws (20/2/2012)
Unions are pushing to make it easier for workers to claim unfair dismissal and for a more activist role for the workplace tribunal in settling industrial disputes.
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald
Esperance abattoir worker killed (17/2/2012)
A meat works factory worker has been killed in a work-related accident in Esperance today, police have confirmed.
Source: WA Today
Angry, tired paramedics fire back in battle over staffing (17/2/2012)
Paramedics continue to report widespread understaffing in the Queensland Ambulance Service despite assurances from the Minister the department is "well-resourced".
Source: Courier Mail
Prison staff level cited on rioting (17/2/2012)
A private prison in Victoria's east that was forced into lockdown by a recent riot has the highest ratio of prisoners to front-line staff in the state.
Source: The Age
Staff suffer smoke inhalation trying to extinguish Hume fire (17/2/2012)
Two people have been treated for smoke inhalation after a small blaze in a paper recycling business in Hume this afternoon.
Source: Canberra Times
Staff suffer smoke inhalation trying to extinguish Hume fire (17/2/2012)
Two people have been treated for smoke inhalation after a small blaze in a paper recycling business in Hume this afternoon.
Source: Canberra Times
'Tough cop' unlikely to seek help, inquest told (17/2/2012)
Health and welfare systems for police were vulnerable to those officers who "put on a brave face", the final day of a suicide shooting inquest heard today.
Source: The West Australian
Fathers trapped at work (16/2/2012)
Fathers of young children are working increasingly longer hours at a time when they want to be more involved in their children's upbringing, research in a new book has shown.
Source: The West Australian
Corbett fires back at bullying claims by minister (16/2/2012)
The businessman Roger Corbett has accused the NSW Health Minister, Jillian Skinner, of ''an outrageous slur'' after she used parliamentary privilege to imply he had bullied a senior health bureaucrat.
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald
Coles, Woolies accused of gouging truckies (16/2/2012)
Truck drivers are pushing for new national laws which they say will improve safety standards and pay in the industry.
Source: ABC