If you’re going to conduct drug testing or alcohol testing at your workplace in Geraldton and surrounds, there’s one other key thing you’ll need and that’s Integrity. Or more correctly, Integrity Sampling. While Integrity Sampling has had a presence in Geraldton for many years, our Western Australian branch has expanded its regional capability by...
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News and views on workplace drug and alcohol testing
Drug and alcohol testing part of four Ds in NSW
An article earlier this week in The Young Witness carried an important message, with NSW Police urging drivers to drive safely and aim “towards zero” deaths on the roads. When the article was published, the NSW road toll sat at 105 deaths for 2021 year to date. “That is 105 drivers, passengers, riders and...
Drug and alcohol testing for MPs?
Here’s good news for all those people on our posts who call for politicians to face drug and alcohol testing. As reported in multiple media outlets, including The Australian, Liberal MPs have called for drug and alcohol testing to be introduced at Parliament House as part of efforts to improve the behaviour of colleagues...
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 have discovered, some people are willing to take the risk. According to an article on the 9 News website, South Australian police nabbed six...
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 for failing drug and alcohol testing and other offences. “The high-visibility operation was enforced across Nowra and Bay and Basin between Friday, January 29...
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, a major blitz on roadside drug testing and alcohol testing has caught out many ‘selfish drivers’ who were caught driving while under the influence...
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 website, through January, Nebo Police and surrounding divisions have been conducting high visibility and high volume vehicle intercepts on the Peak Downs Highway. Between...
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 Patrol Senior Sergeant Craig Stevens, who said that police were conducting more random breath tests and drug tests than ever before. He added that...
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 under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and have an accident. Well, it’s time to stop worrying and set a New Year’s resolution that...
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 of the complexities of doing so, one study that did was published in the Safety Science Journal in October 2014. As the study authors...