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Funds for safer farms

The use of machinery such as tractors, quad bikes and side-by-sides is considered a high risk activity, accounting for more than a quarter of all farm injuries.
Peter Bannan

VICTORIAN farmers will receive extra support to make their properties safer under a new $2.6 million partnership between WorkSafe and the Victorian Farmers Federation. The funding, announced by Deputy Premier and WorkSafe Minister Ben Carroll, will deliver the next phase of the Making Our Farms Safer project, which provides farmers with tailored, on-farm advice to […]

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