The Bendigo Visitor Centre
Key Note Speakers/Entertainers
Welcomes
John Silvester is a Walkley-award winning crime writer and columnist. A co-author of the best-selling books that formed
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the basis of the hit Australian TV series Underbelly, Silvester is also a regular guest on 3AW with his “Sly of the Underworld” segment.
Bendigo’s Official Accommodation & Tour Specialists Proudly supporting our local community and businesses
Hear an informed journalist talk candidly about the criminal activities in Victoria. Thales is an international company manufacturing and
We are the Local Accommodation Experts
supplying aerospace, defence and transport equipment to the world. Based in Bendigo, Mark Brennan will address how Thales operates in a provincial city in Victoria.
Bendigo spoils visitors with accommodation options. There are many and varied styles of accommodation in the region
We will also have Eric Rush, a Kiwi football who then became
in excess of 2,800 beds with a capacity beyond 4,000 people.
a lawyer and Eric’s story will be certainly entertaining.
Bendigo offers something to suit all styles, needs and budgets.
At our business breakfast on Friday morning we will have a presentation from James Wood. James went to work one day and as a result of a “CHOICE” he made, he has ended up in a wheelchair. To close the conference on Friday, former Australian cricketer Rodney Hogg will enlighten us with tall stories and escapades during his
22nd National Works & Engineering Conference
Quality motels, serviced apartments, caravan parks, self contained cottages and bed and breakfasts make for a comfort- able and enjoyable stay.
The Bendigo Visitor Centre 24th – 25th September, 2015
Quote your special booking code: MWOA09 To receive your complimentary Welcome Pack.
cricketing career. Blond, blue-eyed, aggressive and menacingly fast, Rodney Hogg announced himself with 41 wickets for World Series-
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depleted Australia against England in 1978-79. The way he regularly beat
contact the Bendigo Visitor Centre: 1800 813 153
Geoff Boycott for pace thrilled Australia at a lean time.
or visit www.bendigotourism.com Open everyday from 9am–5pm (excluding Christmas Day) 51-67 Pall Mall, Bendigo 3550 Phone: 03 5434 6060 Email:
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NWEC Registration forms are available from our web site www.mwoa.com.au with the program available shortly.
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Demonstrations
Are you across your safety obligations when setting up a roadside construction site or a mobile road working site?
Get up close and personal with plant and equipment, drones, line marking technologies, stabilisation, asphalt laying, pot hole patching and much more. For something a bit different you will see a Sprint Car Race on the trotting track.
Do you understand the scope of your obligations and liabilities when contractors are performing the works? What happens when it all goes wrong?
The MWOA and IPWEA are proud to welcome you to 2015 NW&EC Welcome The MWOA and IPWEA are proud to welcome you to our NW&EC. Come to our Conference and enjoy networking with your colleagues from around Victoria and also some of our affiliated members from interstate listen and learn from our very qualified and talented speakers. “Work Together or we will Fail” Bring your works and parks managers, officers, engineers, operators, procurement officers and don’t forget to bring your partners to the dinner on the Thursday evening. “Attendance to events is not a Luxury, it is a Necessity”
The NW&EC will be hosting a moot court to give you an insight into how a safety prosecution works. Anthony Massaro and Ben Tallboys from Russell Kennedy Lawyers will present the case for the prosecution and for the defendant Council to showcase some of the key issues for Council works managers, such as: · · ·
contractor management and supervision; vicarious liability; and reasonable practicability on a tight budget.
Register now, and see how the Judge decides. “We don’t all think the same”
Innovations Be exposed to the free standing MgO Formwork system, solutions to assist OH&S Problems and other new and exciting technologies.
Parks & Recreation Are you interested in facility management areas such as street tree risk assessment and identify what to look for, how to respond, what risks are involved when cutting tree roots etc? You will see parks asset management plans, considerations for commercial consumers and recommendations for improving the erosion and control results on construction sites through the use of Turfgrass.