Farm safety

  • Make farms safer for families

    Kidsafe Victoria is urging parents and carers on farms to take urgent action and set up safe play areas, in a bid to reduce childhood injuries and deaths.

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  • Research on child farm injuries

    Rates of child farm-related injury have remained constant over the past 20 years, despite ongoing efforts to reduce them.

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  • New regulations create fresh safety concerns

    Colac district farmers say freshly implemented quad bike safety regulations could expose workers to new dangers in coming years.

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  • Farm injury impacts on whole family

    October 1, 2020 is a day Swan Marsh’s Mulheron family won’t easily forget.

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  • Drone switch pays off on farm

    Beeac farmers Bill and Tom Alston feature in a new WorkSafe farm safety campaign.

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  • Rural news in brief

    The VFF state leadership is visiting Colac and district this week, meanwhile mixed conditions are impacting dairy, new fatality statistics put a focus on farm vehicles, and new inspectors have started work in the region.

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  • Rural news in brief

    Fodder demand is growing as the national herd continues to build but people should be cautious pricing. Plus news on farm safety rebates, and recruiting seasonal workers.

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  • Rural news in brief

    News on growing popularity of agriculture studies, rebates for farm safety measures, a report from the VFF annual meeting, and a program to reduce fishing waste.

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