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Safe Work Australia Month

30/10/2016

 
National Safe Work Month occurs during October every year and aims to improve awareness of work health and safety, encourage discussion about safety at work and share positive workplace stories from across Australia.

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Mental Health Well-Being

21/10/2016

 
Around 45% of Australians aged between 16 and 85 will experience a mental illness at some point in their life, while one in five Australian adults will experience a mental illness in any given year

Construction industry
  • Data from the Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention indicates that construction workers are more than twice as likely to end their own life as compared with the general population.
  • Suicide rates among apprentices in the sector, meanwhile, are more than two and a half times the general averages for men of similar age.
  • Construction was also the number one sector in terms of substance abuse, according to a 2007 ABS survey. New research has found workers who participate in fly-in-fly-out type arrangements experience depression at more than twice the rate of other Australians.



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