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News Limited says newsagents are responsible for heavy newspapers

April 24th, 2010 · 8 Comments

Three and a half years after the Nery report into the OH&S issues surrounding newspaper delivery was handed to News Limited by the ANF, News has written to newsagents rebutting key findings in the report.
As I blogged on November 20, 2006, the Nery report, commissioned by the ANF, found unsafe work practices which stem from […]

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Tags: Newspapers · Occupational Health

Report in The Australian on heavy newspapers incomplete

September 27th, 2007 · No Comments

Sally Jackson, writing in The Australian today, reports that one issue newsagents are seeking to discuss with West Australian Newspapers, under a recently ACCC granted collective bargaining arrangement, is overweight newspapers.
Jackson neglects to report that this issue of unsafe newspapers was first raised in a study conducted in South Australia by respected ergonomist David Nery […]

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Tags: Newsagency challenges · Occupational Health

Heavy magazines

August 8th, 2007 · 18 Comments


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Tags: Occupational Health · magazines