Asbestos Awareness Month from 1-30 November 2013 aims to educate as many Australians as possible about the dangers of asbestos and how best to manage it. [ + ]

Vehicle extrication, firefighting, first aid, hazchem, confined space, rope rescue and plenty more real-life scenarios will be used to test the skills of the emergency response teams from a range of mining operations across Western Australia as they battle it out to be the overall winner at the third annual Mining Emergency Response Competition (MERC). [ + ]

Safework SA is encouraging South Australians to focus on work safety by getting involved in Safe Work Week 2013 (28 October to 1 November) to reduce workplace injury, death and disease.

WorkSafe ACT has issued a Guidance Note on what is adequate supervision on a construction site. [ + ]

A new $15m manufacturing plant has been opened by Deb Group in South-western Sydney. [ + ]

NSW Trade & Investment Mine Safety has been provided with information about potential explosions that may occur in sealed goaves or mined out areas. [ + ]

The Sydney Showground has been abuzz the last few days with industry professionals checking out the latest in technology, knowledge and innovation for The Safety Show Sydney, produced by Informa Exhibitions. [ + ]

From aircraft traffic control through to mine safety, personal movement tracking and new automobile collision avoidance systems, innovative radar solutions will be discussed in Adelaide from 9-12 September at the Radar 2013 conference. [ + ]

Health and emergency response outsourcing company Sitemed has been awarded ISO 9001 certification. [ + ]

Safe Work Australia has released the revised draft Code of Practice: Construction Work for a six-week public comment period starting today. [ + ]

Technical reference groups for coal and metal mines are being established by the NSW Government,Trade & Investments Mine Safety. [ + ]

Hard Yakka together with Tecgen have released updated information regarding the high-visibility shirts and overalls in the Hard Yakka Protect with Tecgen Select range. [ + ]

NHP has advised that inferior-quality imitation copies of its Lockdin range have recently appeared in the market and pose a genuine safety risk. [ + ]

The Simple Safety app is a step-by-step system developed to help businesses become compliant with work health and safety legislation while on the go. [ + ]

Operators of forklifts, cranes, hoists and pressure equipment as well as those doing scaffolding, rigging and dogging work in South Australia need to convert their old qualifications to the national Licence to Perform High Risk Work. [ + ]