When it comes to alcohol and driving, the vast majority of us know and understand the importance of staying under the legal limit. It’s not just the threat of failing…
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Michael is the founder of Integrity Sampling and is responsible for overseeing all national operations. He is based at Integrity Sampling's head office in Melbourne and is also responsible for the co-ordination of drug and alcohol testing within Victoria, assisting in the implementation of drug and alcohol (fit for work) policies and the presentation of drug and alcohol education and awareness programs.
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It’s not just COVID showing up in our wastewater!
An article on Perth’s 6PR has highlighted that it’s not just COVID-19 showing up in our wastewater. According to the Western Australian radio station’s report, Australians spent an estimated $8.9…
Double trouble on our roads
What’s worse than driving a car or going to work over the legal limit for alcohol? What’s worse than getting behind the wheel or turning up on the job high…
How to pass drug testing… After you’ve failed!
We have said before in our blogs that there are really only two ways to pass drug testing. They are not to take drugs in the first place or, if…
Drug testing required in far north Queensland
If it looks like cocaine and smells like cocaine, then it probably is cocaine, but police in far north Queensland are conducting drug testing just to make sure. This follows…
Drug testing in the news – and it’s not just COVID!
There’s a lot of news around lately around testing and drugs, mostly focusing on COVID 19. But roadside drug testing also makes the headlines regularly, generally when someone fails drug…
SA police appalled at drug and alcohol testing results
Would you drive your child to or from school while being under the influence of drugs or alcohol? Hopefully most people would say no, but, as police in South Australia…
Drug testing in South Australia on the rise
Drug testing is on the increase in South Australia, but the news doesn’t relate to our roadsides or our workplaces. The drug testing in SA is being completed by child…
Drink and alcohol testing in Shoalhaven
According to an article in the South Coast Register, a high-visibility road safety enforcement campaign conducted across the Shoalhaven area over the weekend has resulted in multiple charges being laid…
Drug testing in South Australia and ACT makes the news
Drug testing has made the news in South Australia and the ACT and, this time at least, it’s not all bad news. South Australia drug testing news In South Australia,…
Queensland Police drug and alcohol testing heats up
A Queensland Police summer road safety campaign has been in full swing in January, with alcohol and drug testing a large part of the campaign. According to the Queensland Police…
Drug testing methods not all created equal
What does it matter which drug testing method your workplace chooses to use? After all, if you haven’t taken drugs recently, it doesn’t matter which method they use, does it?…
Alcohol testing in Victoria and BAC – all you need to know
While the festive season – or should that be silly season – has passed, many Victorians will be heading out in the coming warmer months to socialise and party. And…
Geelong drug and alcohol testing fails
An article in the Geelong Advertiser has highlighted that police are calling for vigilance after a spate of roadside drug and alcohol testing positive results. The article quotes Geelong Highway…
Queensland alcohol testing not all bad
The Queensland Government has released a new campaign aimed at younger people entitled Drink Driving, All Bad. And the campaign contains a staggering statistic that should send a sobering message…
Workplace drug testing dilemma
If the star of your favourite sporting team got into trouble with the law, would you stand by him or ship him off to another team at the first opportunity?…
Drug and alcohol testing resolution
Some workplace managers and owners spend the whole of the festive season feeling worried. Worried that one of their employees is going to come to work after a party, still…
New alcohol guidelines hard to swallow
While the timing of this post isn’t perhaps great, on Christmas Eve and with New Years Eve just around the corner, it’s important to know that there is new advice…
Workplace drug and alcohol testing works
We harp on about the need for workplace drug and alcohol testing, but does it actually make a difference? While few studies have been conducted on the subject, perhaps because…
Staying safe on our waterways
An excellent article on the Queensland Police website. And a good reminder that if you drink and take drugs, don’t drive, go to work or operate a boat… In recent…