A former Queensland police officer who died following a bomb blast in Iraq last week has been farewelled today at a funeral in Toowoomba.
Brendan Hurst was working as a contractor training local police officers when he was killed.
Police from around the state were among the mourners who packed St Patrick’s Cathedral for the funeral [...]
December 18th, 2007, posted by admin
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The Tasmanian Government says the contractor on the redevelopment of the Campbell Town Hospital, in the state’s north, is working with Workplace Standards to ensure there is no threat of asbestos.
Residents claim landfill dumped in a residential street is contaminated.
The Government says that to the best of its knowledge the contractor complied with the protocols [...]
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The Greater Southern Area Health Service of New South Wales says none of its contractors have been waiting more than 45 days to be paid significant amounts of money.
Last week, a contractor claimed the service owed him more than $7,000 and $2,000 was more than 90 days overdue.
A Health Service spokesman says it deals [...]
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A new waste contractor will take over garbage disposal in the Wollondilly area in a bid to reduce the amount of material sent to local landfills.
Wollondilly Mayor Michael Banasik says Thiess Services will start its waste collection from July 1.
Councillor Banasik says an extra green bin will be added to most households to dispose of [...]
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A contractor has pleaded not guilty to a charge relating to the death of a 16-year-old boy in Launceston last year.
Matthew Hudson died in a forklift accident at Blue Ribbon Meatworks.
He was reversing a forklift up a ramp at the Killafaddy plant when it tipped over, killing him instantly.
Contractor Tibor Mucha appeared in the [...]
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An American civilian contractor working in Iraq has been killed when explosives were detonated under his vehicle north of the town of Tikrit, a US military spokesman said.
Guerrilla attacks against US forces have killed 53 American soldiers since Washington declared major combat over on May 1.
Ambushes have also killed a British journalist, a Sri Lankan [...]
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It is claimed a proposal for Broken Hill City Council to become a contractor and bid for work with neighbouring councils has to be costed to see if it is feasible.
The Barrier Industrial Council (BIC) proposal has been embraced by the Mayor, but opposed by some other councillors.
BIC president Danny O’Connor says the plan’s critics [...]
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The head of the ACT Planning and Land Authority says he is confident environmental concerns about the Kingston Foreshore Development will be dealt with.
The Planning and Land Council, which provides independent advice to the Authority, has strongly criticised the proposed design of the development’s largest apartment complex.
It has pinpointed the lack of trees and the [...]
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The major contractor building the Chatswood-to-Epping rail-link in Sydney says it has been told that a heart problem caused the death of a construction worker this week.
The body of the 24-year-old man was recovered on Tuesday from a sedimentation pond at the North Ryde site of the project.
A statement by the Thiess Hochtief joint venture [...]
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WorkCover has ordered a Newcastle building contractor make several safety improvements, after a man was seriously injured in a workplace accident earlier this week.
The 21-year-old man was crushed by a scissor lift at the building site on the grounds of the John Hunter Hospital on Monday night.
After the accident, the construction union accused building contractor [...]
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