Important work is being done to improve the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people but the high rates of injury remain a significant concern. The Australasian Injury Prevention Network (AIPN) continues to advocate strongly for more work to be done to close the gap in injury between Indigenous and other Australians. A recent…
AIPN Safety 2018 scholarship winner, Gretchen Waddell (Kidsafe WA) gives us her highlights from the conference in Bangkok this November. Safety 2018, the 13th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion was held from 5th-7th November in Bangkok, Thailand. With the generous support of the Australasian Injury Prevention Network I was able to attend…
I am all for a Gin and Tonic on a hot Bangkok night like the ones after a couple of days at the 2018 conference on injury prevention in November. But I was very moved when American trauma specialist Dr Catherine Staton suggested that Safety 2018 in Bangkok should formally recognise that harmful alcohol use…
AIPN Safety 2018 scholarship winner, Gretchen Waddell (Kidsafe WA) gives us a wrap up of her attendance at the conference in Bangkok this November. Thanks to the Australasian Injury Prevention Network, I was fortunate enough to attend Safety 2018, the 13th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion. The conference took place in Bangkok,…
Media Release Response to Bicycle Network’s Position Paper on Australia’s mandatory helmet laws The Australasian Injury Prevention Network (AIPN) is concerned and alarmed by Bicycle Network’s recommendation to relax mandatory helmet laws in Australia. “It is well known, and is acknowledged in the position paper, that bicycle helmets are highly effective in reducing head injury.”…
Annual General Meeting The Annual General Meeting of the Australasian Injury Prevention Network will be held on Thursday 29 November 2018 at 5pm Australian Eastern Daylight Saving Time via teleconference and videoconference. More info.
As part of our commitment to the professional development of our members, the Australasian Injury Prevention Network is pleased to announce a scholarship opportunity for one of our members to attend the 13th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion (Safety 2018), which will take place on 5 – 7 November 2018 in Bangkok,…
The Assistant Minister to the Treasurer, the Hon Michael Sukkar MP, has made a new safety standard for self-balancing scooters, the Consumer Goods (Self-balancing Scooters) Safety Standard 2018. This decision follows a review of the preceding standard by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. The new standard prescribes the minimum safety requirements that manufacturers and…
The Australasian Injury Prevention Network (AIPN) has welcomed the allocation of $0.9 million over three years to develop a new National Injury Prevention Strategy in the 2018-19 budget. “The current National Injury Prevention and safety Promotion Plan, 2004-2014, urgently needs to be reviewed and updated,” said AIPN President Rebecca Ivers. “With injury the leading cause of…
The AIPN National Executive calls for nominations for the 13th Australasian Injury Prevention Network Awards, which will be awarded at this year’s AIPN Conference in Ballarat, 13-15 November 2017. There are four award categories to acknowledge the diversity of contribution made to our field: Achievement in Research in Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Pam Albany…