Comcare responds to attacks: 'we investigated, took action, saw results' Features Comcare has hit back at a lawyers’ group which questioned whether it has the regulatory capability to maintain safe working environments in big, high-risk workplaces,
Course correction for air safety co-operation April 20, 2015 By Stephen Easton News The relationship between the Civil Aviation Safety Authority and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau has at times been headed for collision. A slow, iterative building
Emergency measures: Vic audit questions use of rapid response targets March 26, 2015 By Stephen Easton Features Victorian auditor-general John Doyle has criticised the approaches to measuring, monitoring and reporting response times used by the state’s emergency services in an investigation likely
Hazelwood mine fire a lesson to collaborate and communicate September 3, 2014 By Stephen Easton News The final report of the inquiry into the Hazelwood mine fire is filled with lessons for public servants — chiefly the need to provide the
A familar face takes charge of Maritime Safety Authority August 27, 2014 By The Mandarin News Mick Kinley After 20 years with the organisation, Mick Kinley has been announced as the Australian Maritime Safety Authority’s new CEO.