The seminar provides an opportunity for delegates to plan for future legislation developments specific to their operations, and to hear from Department for Transport experts, the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) and leading industry bodies on tank testing, enforcement and specification issues.

Key sessions include:

• ADR changes in 2011 affecting fuel tanker operators
• Tank inspection and testing
• European Whole Vehicle Type Approval
• ADR enforcement and VOSA roadside targeting
• Safe Loading Pass Scheme
• Disaster recovery

The event will be chaired by Dave Rowlands, Technical Services Director at Wincanton Group.

Source: http://www.fta.co.uk/news/item/fta-seminar-keeps-operators-abreast-of-fuel-tanker-regs

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“We have already sent letters to the related ministry and Bangladesh Bank in this regard,” said Abdus Salam Murshedy, president of BGMEA.

Murshedy said the trade body had decided to pay salaries of garment workers in advance so that they can share joys and happiness with family members during the festival.

He said the BGMEA has enough preparations to pay all wages, due overtimes and bonus in time as they are now working with the government.

It is not possible to pay salaries to tens of thousands of garment workers in a day or two, he said, adding that that is why the government has been requested to keep financial institutions open during Eid holidays for smooth transition of money.

Besides, he said, National Board of Revenue has also been requested to keep banks at customs points open to expedite export-import activities.

Source: http://www.bgmea.com.bd/home/pages/Keep_banks_open_during_holidays_until_Eid:_BGMEA

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The minerals industry has been working with key stakeholders including the NSW Farmers Association,
the Irrigators Council of NSW and Regional Development Australia to ensure that there is more information about water for the community and the resources and agricultural sectors.

NSW Minerals Council CEO Dr Nikki Williams said it was important that decisions about land use are made scientifically.

“We’ve been committed to this study for some time now because we recognise the benefits of having more information about water in this region,” Dr Williams said.

“Members of the community in the Namoi catchment area have some very specific concerns about the water resource.

“Just like the community, we support the need for more data in the Namoi catchment to ensure that developments can be assessed against the facts on a case-by-case basis. That’s why resource companies with interests in the region have backed this study with $3 million in funding.

“The information generated by this Study will add to the community’s existing knowledge and the extensive mapping and monitoring of underground aquifers already undertaken by mineral explorers.

Source: http://www.nswmin.com.au/Media-Speeches-and-Info/Media-Releases/default.aspx

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The Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Chief Executive, Ms Belinda Robinson, said the new portal provides an open and transparent understanding of the industry’s water usage, monitoring, and analysis.

“The publishing of this data demonstrates the industry’s commitment to respond to landholder concerns and the industry expects the availability of this data will improve the community’s acceptance of our operations.

“Adverse impacts from CSG activities upon groundwater are very unlikely and manageable however extensive monitoring and analysis programs are being undertaken to establish baseline data and mitigate identified impacts.

Source: http://www.appea.com.au/images/stories/Media_Centre/100901_qld_groundwater_monitoring_portal.pdf

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Compared with the general population, survivors of childhood cancer in Australia are at an increased risk of second cancers and an earlier death, according to an article published in the Medical Journal of Australia, which looked at a group of survivors treated between 1970 and 1999.

Dr Lesley Ashton, Head of the Molecular Epidemiology Program at the Children’s Cancer Institute Australia for Medical Research, Sydney, and co-authors from the Sydney Children’s Hospital conducted a hospital-based cohort study, which characterised rates of death and second cancers in childhood cancer survivors treated over three decades.

Dr Ashton said that survivors of childhood cancer are at an increased risk of long-term sequelae and earlier death, compared with the general population, as a consequence of anticancer therapies received during childhood, although the majority of survivors will be cured of their disease.

“Rates of death were highest amongst survivors of a soft-tissue sarcoma and [central nervous system] malignancy, while the incidence of second cancers was highest in survivors of Hodgkin’s lymphoma,” Dr Ashton said.

The leading causes of death included recurrence of the primary childhood cancer (55 per cent) and second cancers (12 per cent), as well as treatment-related complications (17 per cent).

Overall risk of death was 7.46 times higher in survivors of childhood cancer to the NSW population and risk of death was about double in females compared with males. Numbers of deaths are small in children in the general population and the number is small in childhood cancer survivors, but is important when planning treatment and research.

Source: http://ama.com.au/node/6027

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Dr Robert Gandy, Surgical Registrar at the Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, and co-authors conducted a retrospective historical control study, comparing appendicectomy outcomes for the ACS model with the traditional on-call (Trad) model.

Dr Gandy said that the ACS model, when compared with the Trad model, resulted in reduced complication rates and fewer operations after midnight.

The complication rate was lower in the ACS model than the Trad model (9.3 per cent versus 17.0 per cent).

After the intervention, there was no significant change between the ACS and Trad model in the time from presentation to arrival in theatre or length of stay, but the proportion of operations performed at night was reduced from 22.7 per cent (Trad model) to 17.3 per cent (ACS model).

The ACS model is consultant-led. This means that a higher proportion of patients are reviewed by a consultant before surgery than in the Trad model (54.9 per cent versus 38.1 per cent).

Source: http://ama.com.au/node/6028

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The Anxiety, Depression and Cancer supplement is the product of a partnership between beyondblue and the Cancer Council Australia.

Professor David Clarke, of the School of Psychology and Psychiatry at Monash University, Melbourne, and Research Advisor at beyondblue, said that despite the development of an evidence base in the field of psychooncology in the past few decades, clinical practice lagged behind evidence and standards of best practice.

“Cancer, more than any other disease, confronts us all with serious existential issues,” Professor Clarke said.

“It challenges the sense of control we might think we have over our lives, and raises the possibility of the purposelessness and futility of life, as well as raising questions about what is a good life and a good death.

“There is evidence for the effectiveness of psychosocial interventions in relieving distress and assisting in psychosocial adjustment for people in the experience of cancer.

“However, these interventions are not routinely offered by cancer services to patients and their families.

Source: http://ama.com.au/node/6026

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“Australia has some of the highest rates of food inflation in the entire OECD and we have Coles and Woolworths controlling 80% of the Australian grocery market with a death grip around the throat on our nation. It’s unacceptable for this to be allowed to be ignored by government any longer”, said Mr Driscoll.
“As most Australians now finally realise, the Coles-Woolworths juggernaut is no longer just about food either. Under their many guises and linked corporate entities they are peddling and controlling the petrol bowsers, pubs and bottle shops, department stores, pokie machines, hardware shops and the list marches on, ever centralising power and revenue.

“In my dealings and lobbying of the Rudd-Gillard federal government on behalf of our sector over the recent term of the federal Labor government, we have seen plenty of smoke screens, but precious little that would ever do any real good to increase competition, back local famliy owned businesses and also drive down prices for consumers. Glib slogans, “watch” websites and associated bells and whistles have taken the place of any genuine policy direction.

“On the other hand I’ve had a number of conversations with Tony Abbott and also his senior Shadow Ministers over the last 12 months and I believe we have people there who are genuinely concerned about this issue and are actually prepared to work towards a practical and pragmatic solution in the national interest. The time for talk alone must now stop.

“I obviously implore the three regional and rural independent MP’s in Bob Katter, Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor to support those who our sector believe will most aggressively support real action on creating real downward pressure on retail prices for consumers, support Australian family owned small businesses, including farmers and producers and help break down the overwhelming control of the Australian retail sector that is currently in the hands of Coles and Woolworths and their associated corporate powerbrokers,” said Mr Driscoll.

Source: http://www.unitedretailfederation.com.au/media_releases/2010

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The campaign which is in the early stages of development is not intended to name and shame Australian printing companies; the primary target of the campaign is printing industry clients who bypass Australian printing companies in favour of offshore print providers.

Printing Industries CEO Philip Andersen said the campaign is being designed to identify entities in government and corporate Australia that place print work offshore and to educate them about the capabilities of the local printing industry and the importance of giving local industry an opportunity to bid for the work.

“Printing Industries acknowledges that we operate in a global environment and that not all printing that is commissioned in Australia will be done onshore. Some will inevitably be done offshore for a host of reasons,” he said.

“Indeed Printing Industries recognises and has promoted the value of business models where local printers developed relationships with offshore companies to better compete in the global environment.

“Our China in focus initiative was developed with the specific aim of assisting Australian printers form strategic alliances with their Asian counterparts. Thus, if in certain circumstances the printing or some elements of print production process had to be done offshore, then they could at least secure a portion of the overall revenue stream.”

Mr Andersen said another core component of the Print in Australia campaign would be to ensure that tender documents do not suggest or stipulate where the printing should be sourced from.

“Printing Industries believes that it is the prerogative of the tenderer to determine how they can best submit the most competitive tender. How or where the production is done should not be a tender requirement,” he said.

Source: http://www.printnet.com.au/news_items/print_in_australia_clarification_2_september_2010.html

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“Whirlpool’s decision to expand its operations and build a new state-of-the-art facility to produce premium cooking appliances is encouraging news for manufacturing. The company says this $120 million investment will replace its existing plant and create an additional 130 jobs in Cleveland.

Manufacturers continue to face new tax and regulatory burdens that create a high level of uncertainty. Whirlpool’s announcement is welcome news as our nation braces for new unemployment numbers this week.

It is critical that lawmakers in Washington put policies in place that will strengthen our nation’s competitiveness and allow our economy to grow. The NAM continues to advocate for its ‘Manufacturing Strategy for Jobs and a Competitive America,’ a comprehensive plan for pursuing policies that allow manufacturers to compete in the global market.

To learn more about the Strategy, please visit www.nam.org. We look forward to continuing to work with Congress and the Administration to ensure many more manufacturers can continue to invest in innovation, the American worker and our economy as Whirlpool has done.”

Source: http://www.nam.org/Communications/Articles/2010/09/Manufacturers-Whirlpool-Announces-New-Tennessee-Plant-That-Will-Spur-the-Economy.aspx

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