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WSWS : News & Analysis : Australia & South Pacific
 
Industrial, Air & Rail Disasters

     

14 June 2007
Australia: Fatal train accident highlights infrastructure decay

30 October 2006
Australia: Management ignored danger warnings at Beaconsfield gold mine

26 May 2006
Australia: Inquiry into Beaconsfield mine tragedy already smells of cover up

17 May 2006
Australia: More damning facts about fatal Beaconsfield gold mine incident

9 May 2006
Australia: Jubilation greets the rescue of trapped Beaconsfield miners

28 April 2006
Australia: New evidence of safety concerns as hopes fade for miners trapped underground

18 February 2004
Australia: Government-media witchhunt of train drivers falls flat

27 January 2004
Australia: State Labor government tries to find scapegoats for train disaster

21 January 2004
Explosion threatens gas supplies to two Australian states

18 November 2003
Teenager's death highlights terrible toll in Australian workplaces

2 July 2003
Australia: Rail crash inquiry reveals serious mechanical flaws left uncorrected

18 April 2003
Australia: NSW government covers-up unsafe rail system

18 February 2003
Australia: Near disaster as runaway train crashes at major rail station

5 February 2003
Australia: Seven die in rail crash near Sydney

15 August 2001
Coroner absolves company of blame for West Australian miners' deaths

12 July 2001
Esso Australia convicted of safety breaches in fatal gas explosion

6 June 2001
Deaths continue in West Australian mines

1 June 2001
Report into Australian rail disaster shows government decisions undermined safety

12 January 2001
Australian airline ignores critical maintenance checks

2 August 2000
Rail and air chaos on the eve of the Olympics
Sydney's transport system places lives at risk

1 July 2000
Three miners trapped in West Australian gold mine

9 June 2000
Whyalla tragedy highlights Australian air safety concerns

26 April 2000
Prosecutions over Australian mine disaster fail to address underlying safety issues

4 March 2000
Evidence at Australian rail disaster inquiry reveals chaotic safety system

25 January 2000
Contaminated aviation fuel grounds 5,000 planes in Australia

13 January 2000
Australian signalling engineer warns of further rail disasters

3 December 1999
At least seven dead in second worst rail disaster in Australia's history

2 December 1999
What price increased productivity? Four miners killed in Australian mine disaster

16 September 1999
Australia: The tragic deaths of two Melbourne CityLink construction workers

14 August 1999
The New South Wales rail system--a disaster waiting to happen

22 July 1999
Australia: Two accidents highlight worsening coal mine safety

9 July 1999
Workers comment on inquiry into Australian gas explosion

5 July 1999
Esso blamed for Australian gas explosion
But Royal Commission obscures underlying causes

28 April 1999
Australia: Sit-in at Esso gas plant after worker blamed for explosion

11 November 1998
Gas inquiry designed to obscure Victoria's disaster

1 October 1998
Australian gas disaster raises many questions

Former Esso plant worker speaks out:
"It was only a matter of time before this happened"

30 July 1998
Government cuts prepare rail disaster
Three derailments in Australia

25 July 1998
Another death in an Australian coal pit
Hundreds turn out for miner's funeral

16 July 1998
Inquiry covers up causes of Australian mine disaster

9 July 1998
Another mine death in Australia

 

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9 May 2006
Australia: Jubilation greets the rescue of trapped Beaconsfield miners

1 October 1998
Former Esso plant worker speaks out:
"It was only a matter of time before this happened"

 

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