Can you be caught for drug testing in Melbourne while riding a scooter? As highlighted by an article in a recent Whitehorse Leader, yes you can and while the incident may sound somewhat funny it does have a serious message. The incident involved a Nunawading man who was noticed by Victoria Police while patrolling...
Category: Drug testing
News and views on workplace drug testing
What happens when you fail preliminary drug testing?
You’ve just tested positive for drugs during roadside drug testing or during a saliva drug test in the workplace. This means you will face significant consequences – a fine and loss of license on the road and at the very least a black mark against you at work. Or will it? Before you start...
Drug testing with a twist in Queensland
Can you fail roadside drug testing from passive smoking of cannabis? According to a driver in Queensland you can. As reported in a Courier Mail article, he told police that he returned a positive roadside drug test because he had been at a his grandfather’s wake the previous night, where there had been “smoking...
Roadside drug testing in Queensland locked in
We’ve mentioned before in our blogs that if you’re faced with drug testing on a Queensland roadside or workplace, you’re better off taking the test and failing rather than refusing a test. Now, in Toowoomba, comes news of a truck driver who has not only refused a drug test, his locked himself in his...
Workplace drug testing in Western Australia not all plain sailing
There’s been quite a bit of media attention in Western Australia recently about workplace drug testing, which from our perspective needs some clarification. The media attention revolves around changes to the Work Health and Safety Act that were passed last year. The changes included requirements for safety-focused Western Australian businesses to undertake drug testing...
Drug testing focus in Mackay, Queensland
Queensland Police has revealed a new strategy targeting drugs operations and roadside drug testing in the Mackay area. As revealed in the Courier Mail, police will use a two-pronged strategy, called Operation Hotshot, in a relentless crackdown on illicit drug operations and impaired driving, including: Operation Hotshot, which will focus on selected suburbs and...
The sharp end of drug use in the workplace
If one of your employees was an amphetamines user, and was coming to work under the influence, what would be the potential threat to your business or to you? If you answered that the worker’s productivity would be down, they would be regularly late to work or didn’t turn up at all, or that...
Drug testing on the rise in Queensland
Last week we published a blog about roadside drug testing in Queensland and one of the messages was that if you take drugs and drive, one day the police will catch you. Well, after a recent announcement, it appears your chances of getting away with drug driving are even slimmer in Qld. The announcement...
Geraldton drug testing hits the skids
According to an article in The West Australian, a Geraldton man has had his bail revoked after allegedly trying to cheat on urine drug testing. While there is little detail in the article, it’s important to note that the incident doesn’t involve roadside drug testing in Geraldton. As with the rest of Western Australia...
Drug testing in Queensland not the worst consequence
You would think with all the warnings about roadside drug testing in Queensland, not to mention the safety consequences of drug driving, that we’d see the rates of people getting caught go down. But it seems it’s taking a while for the messages to get through. Queensland’s Courier Mail regularly has articles highlighting the...