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Comcare
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Comcare is an Australian government agency that works in partnership with employees and employers to reduce the human and financial costs of workplace injuries and disease in the Commonwealth jurisdiction.
1300 366 979
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WorkCover NSW
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WorkCover is workplace injury insurance and the WorkCover premiums paid by an employer cover the costs of benefits received by workers if they are injured or become ill because of their work.
13 10 50
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Standards Australia
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Standards Australia is recognised by the Government as Australia's peak Standards body. It coordinates standardisation activities, develops internationally aligned Australian Standards® that deliver Net Benefit to Australia, and facilitates the accreditation of other Standards Development Organisations.
1800 035 822
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Safety Self-Assessment Tool
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This tool has been developed to give small and medium sized businesses an indication of how well they are handling their workplace health, safety and injury management and provide further guidance for improvement.
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Hyperstrike Online Fitness
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Free example workouts including easy to follow guides.
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21
May
Aged care reforms. Living Longer. Living Better.
On 20 April 2012, the Prime Minister and Minister Butler unveiled a comprehensive package of reforms to build a better, fairer, more sustainable and more nationally consistent aged care system. The “Living Longer. Living Better.” aged care reform package provides $3.7 billion over five years. It represents the commencement of a 10 year reform program to create a flexible and seamless system that provides older Australians with more choice, control and easier access to a full range of services, where they want it and when they need it. It also positions us to meet the social and economic challenges of the nation’s ageing population.
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14
Mar
Physical and Psychological Stress Costs Australians $30 Billion a Year
Safe Work Australia published a new report which shows that physical and psychological stress costs Australians more than $30 billion a year or half the total cost of workplace injury. According to the report, the total cost of work-related injury and diseases can now be assessed at $60.6 billion a year, despite the country’s recording of its lowest number of work-related mortalities since 2003 to 2004.
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10
Mar
Standing Up From Desks Helps Avoid Diabetes
Research has revealed that interrupting sitting time with short bouts of light exercise can lower glucose and insulin levels by as much as 30%, helping people avoid diabetes. Associate Professor David Dunstan, from the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, is the study's lead researcher.
"What this study is showing is that people who sit for long periods, like office workers and call centre staff and drivers, could improve their health by simply breaking up their sitting time with frequent activity breaks," he said.
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