Jump racing carnage kills three horses

"In what can only be described as a day of carnage for the Australasian racing industry, three horses lost their lives in two races on either side of the Tasman on Saturday. The deaths have prompted horse welfare activists to renew their calls for an end to jump racing....

As Fith Anniversary looms, America's Iraq War Casuality Count Closes in on 4000

This is not so much a news story as it is a heads up. Just in time for the 6th Aniversary of the beginning of the Iraq War the number of American military dead is fast approachingjust about to hit 4000. If you're doing the math, that reasons out to about 800 per year....

Mixed Reports of the US Embassy Riots in Belgrade

On Thursday, rioters set fire to the US Embassy in Belgrade. News sources are mixed, however, as to the significance of this event. The BBC's coverage highlights what they view as the reluctance of Serb authorities and gendarmes to crack down on the violence. "Gangs of...

Mobile Phone Caution and Research on its Safety and long term effects

"Review of research finds mobile phone use linked to increases in brain cancers Researchers from the Sweden and the US analysed 14 studies and found that use of mobile phones for periods of longer than 10 years give a consistent pattern of an increased risk for two types of...

Parkinsons and pesticides

"Research Studies show Parkinson's and pesticides link US scientists have uncovered more evidence that pesticides can cause Parkinson's disease. One study shows that farm workers who used the common weedkiller paraquat had two to three times the normal risk of Parkinson's, a...

Fall fatalities

"Union News Activities for OHS reps Falls fatalities - are you working at height? Is it safe? There were two falls fatalities in Victoria last weekend. A plasterer aged in his 60s died at the Alfred Hospital on Saturday after a fall at a Northcote house on Friday. The second...

Create Your own Posters for Safety sake

" Create your own workplace poster or wallpaper WorkSafe invites workers to create their own poster with their ‘unique interactive tool'. WorkSafe says, ‘Use your own photos to create personalised WorkSafe posters or wallpapers to remind you of why a safe workplace is so...

Indonesian boy dies of bird flu

"A teenage boy has become Indonesia's first bird flu fatality of 2007, a year in which Jakarta had hoped to eradicate the disease among humans."

Man Crushed in Bendigo fatality

"Back VICTORIAN WORKCOVER AUTHORITY 222 Exhibition Street, Melbourne 3000 : Telephone (03) 9641 1555 Man crushed by truck in Bendigo fatality November 14, 2006 WorkSafe is investigating the death of a man at a Bendigo ice manufacturing and warehouse this afternoon. The...