By Lilia Guan The landscape of the Australian workforce is changing as the country’s baby boomers to make way for Generation Y. Changes to industrial relations and occupational health and safety legislation and the rapid adoption of mobile and remote access technologies will continue to dramatically redefine the face of the Australian workplace […]
2 December, 2011
The Victorian Government has funded the construction of a redevelopment for Box Hill Hospital. With Baulderstone Pty Ltd accepting the building and construction contact from the state government, the redevelopment will cost $447.5 million including an extra $40 million from the 2011-2012 Budget, with completion expected by 2015. Minister for Health, David Davis said the […]
9 November, 2011
By Lilia Guan Telstra has won a contract from South Australia Health to roll out 17-inch (25.4cm) touch-screen computers across eight South Australian metropolitan and four country hospitals over the next 12 months. The computers will provide a clinical workstation for doctors and nurses and will also be installed at specialist hospital points of […]
2 November, 2011
By Kim Thomas, an architectual student at University of Technology Sydney Sydney is characterised by relatively high population density, ever increasing house prices, constant urban growth and renewal, new infrastructure projects and over-reliance on external food sources making for a stressful and generally unhealthy lifestyle. A secured food source such as a 'community garden' within […]
10 October, 2011
By Lilia Guan Australian deputy prime minister and treasurer, Wayne Swan has released the 2011-2012 budget, with the promise of getting the country back into the black. Mr Swan stated the floods and Cyclone Yasi will cost our economy $9 billion in lost output and reduce real gross domestic product growth by half […]
10 May, 2011
By Paul Hemsley Under the terms of the contract, Manteena will oversee the procurment of resources, assets and contracting tradespeople to work on the health centre project. An ACT health spokesperson said additional goods, services and works will be procured in accordance with the ACT Government’s requirements with the “objective of achieving best value […]
29 April, 2011
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has announced the government will be locked in to developing two hospitals, one in conjunction with a private health organisation. According to the Premier a contract has been locked in to develop the new private hospital at Kawana, with Ramsay Health Care, which is one of the largest private hospital […]
5 April, 2011
Safe Work Australia has called for feedback on the draft model Work Health Safety Regualtions and priority model Codes of Practice. Safe work Australia chair, Tom Phillips, said the organisation, in partnership, with federal, state and territory governments palnned to deliver a “harmonised work health and safety laws” across the country. The aim was to achieve […]
15 December, 2010
The Local Government and Shires Associations of New South Wales have questioned the size of proposed local health networks. The Associations made a formal submission to the State Government in response to a discussion paper released by NSW Health in August. The discussion paper examined the implementation of the Federal Government’s proposed National Health and […]
10 September, 2010
By Angela Dorizas If you’re not watching your weight, you’re gaining weight. That’s the mantra of Scott Penn, founder and chairman of online weight-loss program provider, SP Health, and former chief executive of Weight Watchers Australasia. The weight loss guru has thrown down the gauntlet to government leaders to tackle obesity at a workplace level. […]
30 August, 2010
By Angela Dorizas The name Motown is synonymous with the US city of Detroit and the famous record label that first exported African American music to the world. But come November, the name will also be associated with the township of Moama in southern New South Wales. Murray Shire Council has announced that for one month, […]
20 August, 2010
By Angela Dorizas Governments should be prepared to pay more for employee assistance programs if they are to make any headway in addressing mental health in the workplace. That was the message from industry expert Grant Brecht, managing director of Grant Brecht and Associates and club psychologist for the Sydney Swans AFL team. In an […]
13 August, 2010
By Angela Dorizas Australian governments have shown real leadership on workplace health and wellbeing, according to Sean Sullivan, president and chief executive of the US-based Institute for Health and Productivity Management. In an address to the Australian Health and Productivity Management Congress in Melbourne this week, Mr Sullivan praised governments in Australia for grasping the importance […]
12 August, 2010
The inaugural Corporate Health and Productivity Management Awards: Allan Lally (second from left); Louise Cross (third from right); and Sean Sullivan (second from right). By Angela Dorizas The Queensland Department of Public Works has taken the top gong in the inaugural Corporate Health and Productivity Management Awards. Presented at the Australian Health & Productivity […]
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