Notice board
What the business is telling its staff this month.
Locate before you dig: contractor strike at Wodonga
A fencing contractor damaged a 63 millimetre polyethylene main on Wilson Street on 2 September without requesting a locate. Twelve customers lost supply. Every crew leader must remind contractors at induction that a locate request and potholing are mandatory near our assets. Report any excavation you see near a main without markings to the control centre.
3 September 2026
Permit to Work Register audit results for August
The August audit found three permits closed later than 24 hours after work finished and one permit where the proven isolation reading was not written on the form. All were at the Traralgon depot. Permit holders must record the reading and close the permit on the day. HSE will re-audit Traralgon permits in October.
5 September 2026
Hydrogen blending trial reaches 5 percent at Wodonga
The electrolyser and injection skid at Wodonga are now blending hydrogen at 5 percent by volume into the trial section. Only workers holding the hydrogen safety authorisation may work on the trial section. Detector calibration for the blended gas is available from the Wodonga depot store. Questions to the Maintenance and Integrity Manager.
8 September 2026
Welcome to our new apprentices and cadets
Six new gas industry apprentices start at the North Geelong and Traralgon depots on 14 September and two operations cadets join the control centre. Please make them welcome and make sure they are never assigned a controlled task until their authorisation appears in the register. Buddy supervisors have been named on the depot boards.
10 September 2026
Quarterly safety case review and emergency exercise
The quarterly safety case review is on 30 September in the Dandenong South boardroom and the desktop emergency exercise is on 22 October. Department managers must have their KPI reports and open corrective actions submitted by 25 September. Exercise participants will be released from normal duties for the morning.
15 September 2026