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Farmsafe Australia

Posted inAgriculture, Awareness Events

Communication failures major risk to farm safety

blankby New England Times News DeskJuly 25, 2025July 25, 2025

From spotty mobile reception to assumptions about who’s where and doing what, communication failures are putting lives at risk on Australian farms.

Posted inAgriculture, Awareness Events, Mental Health

Farmsafe warns of mental health impact of burnout and near misses

blankby New England Times News DeskJuly 23, 2025July 23, 2025

As National Farm Safety Week continues, Farmsafe is highlighting the link between burnout, situational distress, and the often-unseen mental health risks in farming.

Posted inAgriculture, Awareness Events, Mental Health

NSW records highest farm deaths as safety campaign calls for cultural change

blankby RK CrosbyJuly 20, 2025July 22, 2025

New South Wales recorded more farm fatalities than any other state in 2024, with 19 lives lost, as part of a nationwide surge in on-farm deaths detailed in the 2025 Safer Farms Report released today.

Posted inAgriculture, Australia Votes 2025, Grants and funding, New England Electorate

Bipartisan support delivers $2.5 million for farm safety after horror year

blankby RK CrosbyApril 26, 2025April 26, 2025

In a show of bipartisan unity, both Labor and the Coalition have pledged $2.5 million over three years to support Farmsafe Australia in its mission to make Australian farms safer places to live and work.

Posted inAgriculture, Awareness Events

30 farmers have lost their lives on the job already this year

blankby RK CrosbyJuly 14, 2024

Farmsafe Australia has revealed 30 farmers have lost their lives in the first half of this year in the 2024 Safer Farms Report, released today at the start of National Farm Safety Week.

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