All posts tagged "safety"

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  VFF quad safety rebate closes in on $2 million

  Victorian farmers are still rushing to collect a rebate that enables them to fit operation protection devices (OPDs) to their quad bikes,...

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  NSW calls for national quad bike safety rating system

  The NSW Government is calling for the introduction of a national five-star safety rating system for quad bikes, to help save lives...

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  Farming: a way of life, let’s keep it that way

  It’s Farm Safety Week, a time to be aware that while the agriculture industry can be a rewarding, it’s also one of...

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  Farm safety centre stage

  As 2017 National Farm Safety Week gets underway, Assistant Minister to the Deputy Prime Minister, Luke Hartsuyker, has encouraged farmers and rural...

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  Urgent action needed to improve farm safety

  The number of people losing their lives from on-farm incidents has significantly decreased in the past 25 years but there is more...

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  Farm Safety Week

  “Any life lost due to a farming accident is one too many.”

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  New policy on recall notification for agvet chemicals

  The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) is strengthening its stance on recall notification with a shift in policy that will...

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  NFF welcomes APVMA move to publish all farm chemical recalls

  The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has welcomed the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority’s (APVMA) decision to publish details of all product...

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  Voluntary withdrawal and recall notification for agvet chemicals

  CropLife Australia, the national industry organisation for the plant science sector in Australia, notes the statement by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary...

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  Quad bike safety research project

  A new research project which aims to reduce the high rates of injury on farms has been announced by the NSW Government,...