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drumMUSTER expands in the Central-West
20 Apr 2012 -
Health and Safety -
drumMuster
Looking out for the environment is clearly a top priority for the Wellington Shire and Mid-Western Regional Council after staff from both organisations completed drumMUSTER inspector training recently.
Lions Club helping Northampton Farmers
13 Apr 2012 -
Health and Safety -
drumMuster
The Northampton Lions Club has followed this motto and the results are shining through via their tremendous drumMUSTER efforts.
Helping the Bundy community
30 Mar 2012 -
Health and Safety -
drumMuster
Bundaberg Regional Council and Impact Make Your Mark’s hard work and dedication to the cause has ensured more than 300,000 agvet chemical containers have been recycled in the region through the drumMUSTER program.
Man Dies After Being Pinned Under Water by Mower at Ocean Shores G.C in NSW
28 Mar 2012 -
Health and Safety -
Editor
A man has drowned in a freak accident when the ride-on lawnmower he was using slid into a golf course water hazard and trapped him underwater. Emergency services discovered his body at the back of in a dam inside Ocean Shores Golf Course at 10.30am this morning.
North Queensland’s Safety Helping Hand
28 Mar 2012 -
Health and Safety -
Agsafe
North Queensland’s wide variety of rural merchandise stores continue to have access to expert safety advice, thanks to the addition of new Agsafe Accreditation and Training Facilitator Craig Stewart to the area
A Year to Remember
23 Mar 2012 -
Health and Safety -
drumMuster
National recycling program drumMUSTER continues to shatter its own records, with two million agvet chemical containers disposed of in the past year.
Dalby’s Rural Safety Crusaders
7 Mar 2012 -
Health and Safety -
Agsafe
What was once a butter factory has been transformed into one of the most successful chemical resellers in the region, and has now been crowned winner of the March Agsafe Achievers award.
Last Chance to Register for ChemClear’s WA Collection
3 Mar 2012 -
Health and Safety -
ChemClear
There is just over a week left for Western Australia’s agvet chemical users to register for the upcoming state-wide ChemClear collection.
Helping keep Australia Beautiful
2 Mar 2012 -
Health and Safety -
ChemClear
With Clean Up Australia Day approaching, farmers and chemical users across the nation are encouraged to take advantage of two excellent industry stewardship programs.
364,000 Reasons to be Proud
27 Feb 2012 -
Health and Safety -
drumMuster
The Buloke Shire Council’s commitment to local farmers and chemical users has come to the fore, with more than 364,000 containers collected through the drumMUSTER program.
Cleaning up the ‘Wild West’
24 Feb 2012 -
Health and Safety -
drumMuster
A record-breaking grain yield across Western Australia is good news for farmers, but does make disposing of empty agvet chemical containers a real hassle at season’s end.
Campaspe’s Container Collection Crusade
12 Feb 2012 -
Health and Safety -
drumMuster
All agvet chemical users in the Campaspe shire region are strongly encouraged to bring in their empty containers to the upcoming drumMUSTER collections.
Culgoa’s drumMUSTER Champion
11 Feb 2012 -
Health and Safety -
drumMuster
Local farmer Trevor Emonson certainly knows how to do the right thing by the environment.
North West does drumMUSTER Best
9 Feb 2012 -
Health and Safety -
drumMuster
North West Ag Services is proof that community spirit is alive and well in the Mallee.
Landmark Kingston becomes Agsafe Royalty
4 Feb 2012 -
Health and Safety -
Agsafe
February 2012 has proven to be a month to savour for Landmark Kingston, with a national safety award helping staff to welcome in the New Year.
Chemical Collection for WA
21 Jan 2012 -
Health and Safety -
ChemClear
Western Australian agvet chemical users are invited to start the Australian Year of the Farmer off in the right way by taking part in the upcoming ChemClear collection.
Tasmania’s ChemClear Success Story
22 Dec 2011 -
Health and Safety -
ChemClear
Tasmania’s agvet chemical users have again taken advantage of the ChemClear program.
ChemClear set to clean out Western Australia
18 Dec 2011 -
Health and Safety -
ChemClear
The national agvet chemical disposal service has scheduled a state-wide collection for the West in May. Registrations are open until March 9, so those with unwanted and potentially-hazardous agvet chemicals are encouraged to register for the collection which will assist primary producers to clean up their properties.
Agsafe Embraces 2012 Australian Year of the Farmer
15 Dec 2011 -
Health and Safety -
Agsafe
The Australian Year of the Farmer not only has a massive calendar of events planned, it is an opportunity to increase awareness of the superb work that farmers do for our country, every single day.
Manual Handling - How to Lift Correctly
25 Nov 2011 -
Health and Safety -
Richard Murray
- Issue 39 - Oct / Nov 2011
Richard Murray of Real World Training says that, when it comes to manual lifting, it is the way and not the weight.