'If you don't have a beer you're not a man' – rural workplaces made more dangerous by drugs and alcohol
- Written by Julaine Allan, Senior Research Fellow, Charles Sturt University
Rural workplaces are marked by an expectation of regular drinking and long and irregular work hours.Flickr/.deeneg, CC BYFarming is a dangerous industry. Safe Work Australia’s report on deaths at work has found that farming, fishing and forestry accounted for 23% of all workplace deaths in 2014. Farming alone recorded 20% (38 people) of...