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Crane Collapse Sydney Harbour 29/8/17
At around 1pm on August 29 a 200 tonne Luffing Crane situated on a Barge in Sydney Harbour (Just near the entrance to Luna Park) was lifting a 10 tonne concrete anchor block when suddenly the cable snapped dropping the load into the harbour. The other half of the...
Sunshine Sugar ordered to provide asbestos training to workers; remove asbestos products and contaminated soil
The NSW Government’s workplace safety regulator has ordered Sunshine Sugar, which operates three sugar mills in northern NSW, to isolate asbestos contaminated areas of the company’s Broadwater mill and remove damaged asbestos products along with asbestos contaminated...
Statement from ACTU Secretary Sally McManus on anti-union bill
18 August 2017 Statement from ACTU Secretary Sally McManus on anti-union bill “In order to distract from their own chaos and incompetence, the Turnbull Government needs to always have a Bill on hand to attack working people and their unions. The attacks become more...