Safety

Questions remain about how long a mould infestation discovered at Broken Hill's Willyama High School last month has been growing, and whether the health of children and staff has been compromised.

AGL has been accused of breaches of work safety laws during the decommissioning of its power station in Adelaide's north-west.

Sean Gibbons says he started experiencing fatigue, stomach upsets, pins and needles in his legs, and insomnia after helping decommission AGL's Torrens Island power plant. A blood test revealed he had lead levels three times higher than recommended. 

A new world-first protective armour, designed just for women in sport, hopes to prolong careers and minimise injuries. 

After a teen's death at a western Victorian burnout event, the rivalry of regulators competing to represent Australian motorsport, and its safety, has returned to the spotlight.

As its new school year is set to begin, plans are being drawn up to cater for students and staff who cannot enter grounds which may be beyond salvation.

Doctors are urging parents to take extra precautions after seeing an increase of children presenting with water-related injuries.

Issac McGair has had a rough few months of recovery after a serious accident in Adelaide's Murrayland in October last year.

The Queensland government has announced it's to increase the graduate salaries of child safety officers as experts say heavy caseloads and a lack of staff are creating delays in response times.

Experts say you should be using at least 35 millilitres of sunscreen every day. And if you get sweaty, you'll need to reapply. 

Crews are continuing restoration works for thousands of customers in blackout conditions, as power to Kalgoorlie is restored.

At least 20 people presented to hospital emergency departments with heat-related issues during this week's blackouts across outback WA. A researcher says it's time to rethink cooling strategies.

Police have revealed a man who died on the Gippsland coast last week, one of three who drowned in separate incidents, was a freediver who had lost his fins.

During Esperance's peak tourist season, there are times when business owner Sally Nevin cannot even send a text message from the main street.

Strata schemes grappling with the fire risk of lithium-ion batteries are also advised to ban modified and cheaper imported devices.

There are fresh calls for state governments to introduce pill testing at music festivals after several partygoers overdosed at a rave in Melbourne last weekend.

There is no shortage of snakes this summer, or ideas on how to avoid them — especially from so-called experts on social media — but those in the field say one simple action might be the most effective of all.

Australia's largest rail freight operator calls for a national summit on level crossing safety, following a crash that killed two train drivers near the South Australian and New South Wales border on New Year's Eve.

The death of an 87-year-old American tourist along the heritage railway line on the outskirts of Victor Harbor prompts calls for more signage at crossing points, but the company which operates the trains and the SA government say they believe existing warnings are adequate.

Additional lifesavers have been sent to Birubi Beach to support teams in the area.

Doctors want better regulation of e-scooters as a new study shows one Melbourne hospital spent $1.9 million in one year treating injuries from the devices.

For much of the past four decades, Australia made steady progress on the road toll. But as the nation emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic, car crashes started to increase.

Brandon Hawkins leads the Willigobung RFS brigade in the New South Wales Snowy Valleys, and says his station is woefully unprepared for this year's fire season due to broken and outdated equipment.

Homeless people in the City of Moreton Bay say they are being harassed by local residents, while a local action group is lobbying for the council to have the camp removed from the coastal suburb.

A group of women are stopping people in the streets of their community to help combat the rise of domestic violence in their region.