It’s often said that a person who represents themselves in court has a fool for a client, but that probably wasn’t the silliest decision made by a Mount Gambier truck driver: In 2019 he had failed roadside drug testing while driving on the job. According to an article in The Advertiser, the truck driver was...
Category: Drug and alcohol testing
News and views on workplace drug and alcohol testing
Drug and alcohol testing of paramedics in Tasmania
An article in The Advocate has highlighted that there is a lot of support of random drug and alcohol testing for paramedics in Tasmania, but the details of how it should work was proving “quite difficult”. A witness in an inquest said the power to conduct random alcohol and drug tests on paramedics needs to...
NSW truck driver in meth double trouble
A NSW truck driver who was caught driving with meth in his system twice on consecutive days was also caught for working more than the standard maximum work time, only a few weeks before. According to an article in The Daily Telegraph, the incidents occured during March and April this year. In late March, Kulbir...
When workplace drug testing and the community mix
When Integrity Sampling consultants conduct their workplace drug testing, most of the tests are carried out ‘behind closed doors’. The tests take place in places such as factories, mines, warehouses and farms. However, testing can also be conducted away from the traditional workplace, for example when drug testing transportation or aviation workers. As we highlighted...
Penalties for failing drug and alcohol testing in WA increase
With all the media attention on COVID 19, there has been small but important changes in WA that may have gone unnoticed. The changes include an increase in penalties for failing roadside drug and alcohol testing. While the first change, which came into effect on 1st July, may be small the same can’t be said...
Drug testing in Geraldton relies on Integrity
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 employing...
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 pedestrians...
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 and...
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 drivers...
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 and...