Let’s face it, it’s that time of the year in the workplace. The time when there are Christmas parties (or end of season parties if your workplace is being overly politically correct!), everyone is feeling a little more jolly and outside the workplace there are more social gatherings to attend. That’s all well and...
Category: Drug and alcohol testing
News and views on workplace drug and alcohol testing
Expect more drug and alcohol testing in Victoria in 2020
No matter what happens in the final three-and-a-bit weeks of the year, Victoria is heading for one of its worst road tolls in recent history and that means we’re set for even more drug testing and more alcohol testing on our roads in 2020. Lives lost in Victoria According to the Transport Accident Commission...
Drug and alcohol testing for Tasmanian pollies? We’ll vote for that!
If there’s one common comment from people who look at our blogs and Facebook posts, it’s that politicians should face drug and alcohol testing. Well then, here’s a story that should win the majority vote: Councillors in Tasmania’s capital also want elected representatives to be drug and alcohol tested! According to an article on...
Alcohol and drug testing making news
School bus driver fails alcohol testing What are the top job roles where people should never fail alcohol testing? We’d suggest that an airplane pilot would make the list, as would a train driver, truck driver, mobile crane operator and Police officers. And here’s another one to add to the list… A school bus...
Drug and alcohol testing in high focus in South Australia
For the past month South Australia police has put an increased emphasis on drug and alcohol testing, as part of its Operation High Impact F5 operation. Operation High Impact F5 got underway on 9 August and is due to finish today (5 September). The operation’s aim is to target people committing offences against the...
The vote is in – drug and alcohol testing of politicians wins!
A couple of weeks ago we asked the question in a blog, should our politicians face drug and alcohol testing? Well, the vote is in and, perhaps not surprisingly, the yeas win in a landslide! To recap, the blog focused on whether our politicians should face drug and alcohol testing even though there’s no...
Drug and alcohol testing politicians a popular vote
As we’ve mentioned before in our blogs, one of the most common comments we receive is that drug and alcohol testing should start with our politicians. This view gained further traction recently when a state MP used (amongst other things) his addiction issues as a reason for his behaviour when he destroyed a hotel...
Drug and alcohol testing focus on tradies
When it comes to work roles where safety is a high priority – and therefore drug and alcohol testing should be implemented – most people would agree that pilots, truck drivers, train drivers, miners and manufacturing workers should head the list. But what about tradies? It seems to be logical that tradies would be...
Drug and alcohol testing makes the news in Queensland
Drug and alcohol testing is making the news in Queensland, including a tenuous link to a somewhat bizarre case of a sawmill worker who was sacked for refusing to provide his fingerprints! Mackay drug and alcohol testing In the middle of this month, Queensland Police were conducting roadside alcohol testing in Moranbah, near Mackay,...
Drug and alcohol testing in WA goes small for big impact
If you’re the type of person who travels the back streets in an attempt to avoid alcohol testing or drug testing in WA, look out, the police are now even more likely to catch you anytime and anywhere! This follows the recent announcement by WA Police that they’ll soon have new smaller buses on...