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 to...
Category: Western Australia drug and alcohol testing
News and views on drug testing and alcohol testing specific to Western Australia
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 testing catches drivers in Western Australia
According to an article on ABC News, more people were caught by drug testing than alcohol testing on Western Australia’s regional roads during a three-week school-holiday operation. Highway Patrol officers from the Regional Enforcement Unit were deployed to fatal accident hotspots in Western Australia’s Midwest, Southwest and Great Southern regions for the operation. Around 5000...
Drug and alcohol testing hits the back street in WA
According to an article on the PerthNow website, WA drivers who use the back streets to avoid roadside drug and alcohol testing better watch out! That’s because the WA Police are now using smaller, more manoeuvrable Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans to help police catch impaired drivers. This will allow the WA Police to take their drug...
Drug testing in WA plumbs new depths
The lack of toilet paper might not be your only concern when you next go to use the toilet, with drug testing of wastewater in WA now a common practice. The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) last week released its ninth report of the National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program. The program is not used to...
Drug and alcohol testing to help reduce Western Australia fatalities
With Western Australian road fatalities rising in 2019, one thing is for sure, you can expect to see more drug and alcohol testing on Western Australian roads in 2020. While Western Australia, like much of the rest of the nation, experienced a rise in the road toll in 2019, in WA the rise was only...
Implementing drug testing in your WA workplace
If you’re a workplace owner or manager in WA, here’s a good New Year’s Resolution for you if you’re wanting to improve safety – start conducting drug testing in your WA workplace in 2020. Before you do, however, there are a few questions and things you need to take care of before the first drug...
Drug testing in WA not just about ICE
If you conduct drug testing in a WA workplace you could be forgiven for thinking that the only drug you’re going to detect from the testing will be ICE or methamphetamines. While studies show that methamphetamines are a particular issue in WA, it’s not the only drug that’s causing concern and it’s not the only...
Drugs and alcohol in Western Australian workplaces
Management vital, but should you include drug testing? Managing drugs and alcohol in any business is not only commonplace, it’s practically mandatory, and that’s certainly no different in Western Australia. But does managing drugs and alcohol in Western Australia mean you should conduct drug testing? Drug and alcohol management in Western Australia WorkSafe Western Australia...
Urine drug testing in WA – what’s the process?
Recently we brought you the story of a young family that ingested marijuana, allegedly after eating a brownie from a café. Urine drug testing of the WA family’s mother and her two children proved the presence of the drug, which begs the question, what is urine drug testing, how reliable is urine drug testing in...