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2012-06-18 SFF strikes gold in major evaluation
The Sustainable Farm Families program is not just saving agricultural families and workers; it is proving a feather in the cap of the Hamilton-based National...
March 28, 2014
2012-06-26 Farming - dangerous or deadly? Research will tell
Twenty-six Western Victorian farms will provide the blueprint for measuring the true dangers in running a modern cropping enterprise. A SafeWork project being...
March 28, 2014
2012-03-23 Shhh! This is one message you simply have to hear
It might not sound like much compared with climate and the dollar, but hearing loss is a major problem on Australian farms. However someone is listening to...
March 28, 2014
2010-10-12 Farmer health pioneer proves health is most important...
Health and safety need to be seen as a crucial part of farming’s bottom line if the industry is to progress, a world expert told delegates at the...
March 28, 2014
2010-09-16 Radical cure called for. The world arrives to spread the...
Radical cure called for The world arrives to spread the farm health message The inaugural National Centre for Farmer Health (NCFH) conference has been swamped...
March 28, 2014
Media releases – 2010
Traumatic harvest delivers a life-changing lesson [PDF 275kb] 2010-11-17 Bumper season cannot hide farming’s dark side [PDF 149kb] 2010-10-19 Hamilton farmer...
March 28, 2014
Neil Barr: Social transition – for richer for poorer
Keynote presenter: Neil Barr Organisation: Department of Primary Industries Keynote presentation: Social transition – for richer for poorer [PDF 3.38mb]...
March 27, 2014
Prasuna Reddy: Diabetes and depression: a difficult furrow to plough
Keynote presenter: Prasuna Reddy Organisation: Flinders and Deakin Universities Abstract: Diabetes and depression is a devastating combination – for the...
March 27, 2014
Ross Pilkington: Farm fatalities - the last straw
Keynote presenter: Ross Pilkington Organisation: WorkSafe Abstract: On average approximately one third of all work related fatalities each year in...
March 27, 2014
Linda Syson-Nibbs: Evidenced based practice - to do or not to do
Keynote presenter: Linda Syson-Nibbs Organisation: Derbyshire County PCT, Derbyshire, UK Abstract: In the UK the health and social inequalities experienced...
March 27, 2014
John Martin: Farmer health, social connection and community...
Keynote presenter: John Martin Organisation: La Trobe University Abstract: The nature of rural society has meant that farmers regularly...
March 27, 2014
Joe Graffam: Opening the gates on farmer health
Abstract: This address begins by focusing on the issue of health inequities associated with regional, rural and remote communities including mortality and...
March 27, 2014