MAIN ISSUE: Fatality An un-fortunate fatality of Stephen Wyatt, a father of two, who’s tragic death occurred after being crushed by a scissor lift and a head of a low doorway. The father at age 63, was working on a Saturday afternoon, supervising the CBD site when the tragedy occurred. Wyatt’s death was the second death that has occurred throughout the use of the scissor lifts at the Royal Adelaide Hospital working site. After the first fatality, mandatory guidelines were held by ensuring only two people use the scissor lift, believing this would avoid future fatalities. Renewed calls were made for a colonial inquest in to the deaths and WHS at the RAH site after Wyatt’s fatality. On Saturday at 3:05pm the authorities were called, where Mr Wyatt died from severe head injuries. It has appeared that Mr Wyatt and his traumatised driver had numerously travelled underneath the door way at previous times. KEY ISSUES: • Low WHS acknowledgement within the staff • Un-safe equipment use • Un-safe work practices • There were no major safe changes after the first fatality • Staff were made to go back to work the following Monday, leading to the same incident being repeated as they …show more content…
Barry Sandison, the director of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, has stated that 20 percent of men and 7 percent of women who are employed, spend 50 hours per week at work. A statistic of more than 9.3 percent of workers are underemployed. Employment in manufacturing’s percentage has fallen from an estimate of 25 percent in 966 to 7.5 percent this year. There is also a concerned data about family violence, Indigenous Australian disadvantage and home ownership rates. Studies show that home ownership rates among the ages of 25 to 44 were continuing to decline, whilst older workers are to a higher advantage to pay off their mortgages before retirement
It is the 21st century: more than 85 per cent of Australians inhabit the urban areas sprawling along the coasts, and more and more rural areas struggle to survive.
In April 1989, ninety-six persons including men, women and children died in a serious crush during an FA cup semi- final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest that was held in Hillsborough stadium, Sheffield. In the instantaneous aftermath there was a quick rush to inquire the circumstances and cause of the crush. Lord Justice Taylor was appointed by the government to carry out a judicial inquest. There were no criminal prosecutions that occurred, so the outcome of the inquest was concluded as an ‘accidental death’ . The authorities in charge immediately declared that the violent, and drunken fans had brought about the crush that occurred. The account by survivors disclosed a different story which blamed the dangerous state of the stadium, careless policing, inadequate protection, wrong process in the inquiry and investigation and the breakdown of the emergency feedback .The deceased families believed that the series of actions to achieve result that led to the law judgment was inadequate and gave decree to further investigation which was only achievab...
The intended audience was to target the Humane Society Members and employees, IHOP customers, and anyone who would have interest in cage-free egg suppliers. Humane Society released a hidden video, which was recorded by a smaller nonprofit, Compassion Over Killing, about cruel conditions inside an egg-supplier for IHOP. Humane Society had to get the video out quickly and try to reach many people in that time. Getting this done quickly allowed customers of IHOP to see this before management of the company could see it. The goal was to have better conditions to raise eggs. Humane Society and Compassion Over killing disliked what was seen in the video. Humane Society launched a campaign on September 16, 2009 using social media, web sites, and email.
On the morning of May 17th, 2005, Nola Walker was involved in a two-car collision. Police and Ambulance were dispatched and arrive on scene at the intersection of Kenny and Fernley Street. Ambulance conducted various assessments on Ms. Walker which revealed no major injuries and normal vital signs. Mrs walker denied further medical investigation and denied hospital treatment. Later on, Queensland police conducted a roadside breath test that returned a positive reading, police then escorted Ms. Walker to the cairns police station. Ms. Walker was found to be unconscious, without a pulse and not breathing. An ambulance was called but attempts to revive her failed (Coroner’s Inquest, Walker 2007). The standard of Legal and ethical obligation appeared by paramedics required for this situation are flawed and require further examination to conclude whether commitments of autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence and justice were accomplished.
Fisch, Harmanpreet Kaur drank alcohol and did cocaine. She then went to Mrs. Fisch’s address,
Turrell, G. et al. (2006) Health inequalities in Australia: morbidity, health behaviors, risk factors and health service use. Canberra: Queensland University of Technology and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2006. Retrieved on March 29th, 2011 from http://152.91.62.50/publications/phe/hiamhbrfhsu/hiamhbrfhsu-c00.pdf.
Without surgery, both Mary and Jodie would have died early on before they would be able to create an independent thought. By doing the surgery, Jodie was able to live on much longer than she could ever have done. Denying surgery, would also deny Jodie a life where she can develop into a person who can grow a full life.
... the safety net of modern awards, the ten national employment standards introduced by the fair work act 2009, and annual adjustments to the National minimum wage provided minimum levels of income and working conditions to workers with low skills and low bargaining power in the labour market. Other components include government spending on public health, education, housing, transport and community services which provide a safety net for low income earners. Macroeconomic policies such as monetary and fiscal policies supports aggregate demand as the GFC and recession impacted adversely on the Australian economy. The main concerns were to support economic growth, household incomes and living standards in the short term, to minimise the increasing rate of unemployment in the medium term, and increase public investment in infrastructure to increase productive capacity.
Australia swears to exist as a nation of democracy, yet disappoints its growing generation. A recent poll shows that 82% of Australians support the compensation for working outside the usual working week- which is a ridiculously high number. Australian youths that are taking part in the workforce, are also juggling the struggles of studying, maintaining a healthy social life, fitness etc. Therefore taking up more hours at work will heighten stress and cause further complications in their lifestyle.
Australia is facing a large challenge at the moment of the loss of jobs. Because this world and Australia included, heavily relies on technology therefore jobs are limited meaning more people are becoming homeless. This is bad for the people who are old and losing their jobs, because it is harder to get a job when you are older (before retirement age). Therefore this means those people have loss of money and tend to struggle to get
The submission from the SVdPS raises several key issues in regards to the adequacy of the allowance payment system. The submission noted that the current rate for single persons is now less than half of the full-time minimum wage (SVdPS, 2012) and argues that it makes it harder for people to find employment as it locks recipients in to a more permanent form of poverty. The cost of living increases as public transport costs more, and is sparser and less frequent in areas that rent is lower, credit and loan repayments cost more, and recipients have to pay more for basic services (ACOSS, 2012). Moreover, SVdPS state that poverty lines set by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, place recipients of the Newstart Allowance as living below poverty line and with the assistance of extra benefits, it only places recipients marginally above the poverty line (SVdPS, 2012).
However, a significant amount of women are either part-time or casually employed within the childcare industry because of their own caring responsibilities, therefore, perpetuating the gender-based pay gap, adding to the pressures of job instability and therefore facilitating the uncertainty of economic security for females in the workforce (Kaine, 2017). Essentially, the implications of a casualised and part-time workforce on a low wage like that of childcare educator affects not only a women's short-term finances but also her superannuation contributions, therefore, negatively impacting upon her retirement and increasing her reliance upon the state (Australian Human Rights Commission, 2017). These workers who care and educate our children whilst we chase our careers are the very employees whose work continues to be undervalued and whose wages fail to reflect that importance of the job they are tasked with (Jovanovic, 2013; Chesters & Baxter,
Poor living conditions are a major health determinant throughout the indigenous population. Most Indigenous Australians are known to live in rural parts of Australia which are commonly not close to major cities and services. People living in these areas generally have poorer health than others living in the cities and other parts of Australia. These individuals do not have as much access to health services and good quality housing. In 2006 roughly 14% of indigenous households in Australia were overcrowded unlike 5% of other households (AIHW, 2009a). Overcrowded and poor quality houses are commonly associated with poor physical and mental health between the people living in them. The indigenous are n...
The unemployment rates in May 2014 had gone up to 5.8% and report from ABS shows 50% of unemployed were people who aged over 45. The Federal Government want people to retire at age 70 years the employers need to corporate and helping hand to older workers not judge the way their look and with their performance. Ii is cost $10.8 billion each year to Australian economy if nothing happen soon.
“Australia's estimated resident population in 2012 of 22.7 million people is projected to increase to between 36.8 and 48.3 million people by 2061, and to between 42.4 and 70.1 million people by 2101” (Population Projections, Australia, 2013). The population has increased enormously over the past couple of decades and has shown no signs of slowing down. In 1970 the population rate was just 12.51 million people, while 45 years later this number has almost doubled (Population size and growth , 2012). The reasons behind Australia’s large growth rates involves two main components; natural increases, such as births and extended life expectancy, and overseas migration. As urban areas are predicted to increase within the coming decades the demand