Train derailment report finds BHP ore trains ‘potentially’ vulnerable to runaway event
A report into the 2018 derailment of a runaway iron ore train has highlighted issues with BHP's risk assessments, unclear ...
Tag: safety
Risks to Ukraine’s Nuclear Power Plants Are Small—but Not Zero
Nuclear power plants rely on a principle of layered safety mechanisms. The risk of any one safety system failing is ...
Social media executives could face jail if they do not comply with new rules
Nadine Dorries warned that she was putting social media giants such as Facebook on notice with her Online Safety Bill, ...
Why do we ignore antisemitism?
A recent hostage situation at a Texas synagogue was just another example of rising violence against Jewish people. Where’s the ...
To make a mobile phone call, sometimes Tim has to drive 140km
Patchy mobile phone coverage on main roads through WA's East Pilbara is putting people at "extreme risk", locals say.Key points:Yarrie Station ...
Six-fold increase to incel websites in nine months
There has been a six-fold rise in UK web traffic to websites promoting “incel” culture, new analysis has found.The Centre ...
Trump’s social media accounts and online harms: the tech review of 2021
It has been a year where the friction between technology and politics reached new heights.How should any regulation of social ...
Relieved locals will soon be lapping up Esperance’s new pontoon
Nikki Starr is looking forward to becoming a regular ocean swimmer.Key points: The new safe swimming area cost $832,000 all upThere have ...
Parents should talk to children about sexual harassment and porn ‘early’ on
Parents should talk to their children about online sexual harassment and pornography earlier on, the Children’s Commissioner for England has ...
Campaigners back parliamentary report calling for changes to Online Safety Bill
Civil society campaigners have welcomed a parliamentary report recommending the draft Online Safety Bill be strengthened, saying the proposed changes ...
