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Workplace Health and Safety Advisory Council : Workplace Health and Safety Act Annual report 2010 - 2011

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Title

Workplace Health and Safety Advisory Council : Workplace Health and Safety Act Annual report 2010 - 2011

Other title

Workplace Health and Safety Adviosry Committee

Collection

NTWorkSafe reports; Reports; PublicationNT

Date

2011

Notes

Date:2011; Workplace Health and Safety Act

Language

English

Subject

Industrial safety committees -- Northern Territory -- Periodicals; Industrial safety -- Northern Territory -- Periodicals; Northern Territory. Workplace Health and Safety Advisory Council -- Periodicals

Publisher name

Workplace Health and Safety Advisory Council

Place of publication

Darwin

Copyright owner

Check within Publication or with content Publisher.

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/241911

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/613413

Page content

Workplace Health & Safety Advisory Council Annual Report 2010-11 Page 17 Agriculture and Primary Industry subcommittee Current membership of the Agriculture and Primary Industry subcommittee comprises: Kate Peake (CHAIR) Northern Territory Horticultural Association Luke Bowen NT Cattlemens Association Katherine Sarneckis NT Seafood Council Andrew Tomkins Department of Resources Peter Hermann United Voice Brian Malacari NT WorkSafe Peter Thorne NT WorkSafe Bruce Sawyer Department of Resources The following issues were referred by the Council to the subcommittee: Farm Industry Related Deaths Work Related Injuries in the NT Quad Bikes on Australian Farms Work Plan 2011-2012 As per the requirements of the Terms of Reference for the Sub-Committee, a plan of activities for the year till 30 June 2012 has been put together. Below are the planned activities for the Sub-Committee. Develop targeted campaigns across at least the pastoral and agricultural sectors concentrating on WHS planning and training, vehicle safety and chemical handling (including some specific work in the non-English speaking background grower community). Monitor injury statistics including as an evaluation of the effectiveness of the campaigns. The Agriculture and Primary Industries held their inaugural meeting on 12 April 2011.