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Engaging Indigenous people within Higher Ed

CQUniversity's Office of Indigenous Engagement recently hosted a visit from the Oodgeroo Unit of Queensland University of Technology (QUT), at Rockhampton Campus.

Professor Anita Lee Hong, Director of the Oodgeroo Unit, and Lone Pearce, Project Officer, met with Office of Indigenous Engagement staff to discuss employment issues and best practice models for engaging Indigenous people within the higher education sector, including governance matters.

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Sydney conducts OH&S training 

Published on 07 November, 2006 

The first meeting of the newly established OH&S Committee for the Sydney Graduate Campus identified the need for members to undertake a WorkCover Authority of NSW-approved course in OHS Consultation.

PhotoID:3465 The course selected was run by the Australian Red Cross and ran for 4 days.

Priscilla Arnold, Rowan Peterson, Susan Robertson and Tanoa Ravonu completed the training on October 26 and are now ready to start solving OH&S problems.

According to Ms Arnold: "Greg Adams the trainer kept our interest up with tails of horror from his time as an ambulance officer at BHP. Fortunately our inspection of the Graduate Campus did not reveal any life-threatening OH&S issues. Paper cuts that are left untreated and get infected seemed to be a more likely issue we will have to face".

PhotoID:3466 Ms Arnold said the training had its serious side "as we worked our way through the intricacies of the Act and the Regulations".

The training covered responsibilities for Workplace Health and Safety and the role of the committee in hazard prevention and control, workplace inspections and accident investigation.