The VASA Board has taken the tough decision to further postpone Wire & Gas until 2022 due to ongoing uncertainty caused by regular state border closures and snap lockdowns that will likely continue well into this year. Light is visible at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel with the first shipment of vaccines rolling out … Continue reading Wire & Gas postponed until July 2022
A truck driver at an underground mine in Queensland has sustained serious burns to their face, hands and chest from an explosion caused by the vehicle’s air-conditioning system, which was found to have been charged with hydrocarbon refrigerant. The incident happened on January 11 this year, while the worker was driving in the underground mine. Resources … Continue reading QLD mine truck driver injured by hydrocarbon refrigerant blast
VASA’s North American counterpart, The Mobile Air Conditioning Society, has rebranded to become the Mobile Air Climate Systems Association (MACS). MACS president and CEO Elvis L. Hoffpauir said the update resulted in “a better reflection of the whole of our efforts as system technology experts and as an inclusive organization dedicated to advancing the next … Continue reading MACS rebrands: Meet your Mobile Air Climate Systems Association
An Australian mobile air conditioning pioneer who once claimed his company was the biggest air conditioner of ambulances in the world, Bruce Marland Humphreys, head of the former Melbourne automotive empire of Marlandaire died on 14 January this year. The claim has not only gone unchallenged, but reading Marlandaire’s client list confirms that the company … Continue reading Vale Bruce Marland Humphreys — a true Australian pioneer
Honda has announced a “Kurumaku” filter that can be installed on top of an existing cabin air filter and is claimed to catch virus droplets then damage them, reducing the threat of infection to vehicle occupants. Continue reading Honda’s virus-proof cabin filter
Australian employers, employees, business owners, learners, apprentices, job seekers, peak bodies, unions, employer associations and registered training organisations are invited to have their say on vocational education and training (VET) reform. The deadline for submissions is 12 pm AEDT on Monday 1 March 2021. A discussion paper has been released with topics to be covered … Continue reading Call for feedback on how to improve vocational education and training in Australia
Draft legislation that will enable individuals who hold an occupational licence in one Australian state or territory to do equivalent work in another Australian state or territory under the same licence, is now up for industry consultation. The deadline for submissions is Friday 12 February 2021, which can be made at the Occupational Mobility section … Continue reading Industry asked for feedback on interstate trade license recognition
Eligible businesses operating in Western Australia will receive discounts on licences, registrations, permits, certifications, until March 31 this year as part of the state government’s COVID-19 support package, with one-year or annual licence fees and one-off transaction fees waived. Licenses issued for more than one year will be discounted by one year’s worth of the … Continue reading WA discounts licences, registrations, permits, certifications in pandemic relief package
Independent automotive repairers have some great news with which to go into the holiday season, with the release of draft legislation that if passed, will make it illegal for car companies to withhold information from aftermarket workshops. A short consultation period will finish at the end of January 2021, with the law expected to come … Continue reading Draft legislation for mandatory repair data sharing released by Australian federal government
Refrigerant Reclaim Australia (RRA) is more than tripling the rebate for recovered ozone-depleting and synthetic greenhouse gas refrigerant, with the launch of its ‘Gas Seeker’ initiative. From January 1 to June 30 2021, the rebate will increase from $3 per kg to $10 per kg when the recovered refrigerant is returned to your local gas supplier (limitations and T&Cs … Continue reading Refrigerant Reclaim Australia boosts recovered refrigerant rebate from $3 per kg to $10 per kg
The podcast How to Save a Planet, which takes a more positive approach to climate change than the usual doom and gloom by covering ways which it can be and is being addressed, has an episode all about refrigerants that includes a method of refrigerant reclamation that seems quite alien to that established in Australia and, to … Continue reading A fascinating podcast about refrigerant reclamation in the United States of America
Britain’s largest supermarket chain, Tesco, has added 30 all-electric electric refrigerated vans to its home delivery fleet. The 30 LDV EV80 vans are equipped with E-200 electric refrigeration units from Thermo King that feature patented power management that contributes to lower overall energy consumption, increased vehicle autonomy and higher efficiency and reliability. Using this combination … Continue reading Fleet of electric grocery delivery vans for Tesco
