Andrew Hopkins' research interests include the management of occupational health and safety, the legal regulation of occupational health and safety, industrial disasters, and coal mine health and safety.
He is the author of Disastrous Decisions: The Human and Organisational Causes of the Gulf of Mexico Blowout.
The gas industry needs a carbon price to compete with coal
Oct 25, 2016 17:20 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Putting a price on carbon would benefit the Australian gas industry, at least in the short term. It is therefore in the interests of gas producers to lobby for the emissions trading scheme proposed for the electricity...
BP in the Bight: why the planned oil spill response is too slow to protect the coast
Sep 23, 2016 09:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature Business
Australias offshore petroleum industry regulator is set to rule next week whether to grant oil giant BPs application to drill in the Great Australian Bight. But BPs environmental plan, released last week, suggests that...
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