Member News · February 4, 2025 Envirolab: 20-Years of Environmental Testing Envirolab Services (Envirolab), a provider of environmental testing services in air, water, soil, asbestos, and emerging contaminants, recently celebrated its 20-year anniversary of continuous NATA accreditation. Envirolab was first established in 2005 after the purchase of… Read more
Member News · February 4, 2025 Woodside Energy: 40 Years of Growth with Accreditation Woodside Energy (Woodside), a global energy company founded in Australia, provides reliable and affordable energy to help people lead better lives, has achieved 40 years of accreditation with NATA. The company started its accreditation journey in… Read more
Industry News · February 3, 2025 Finding opportunity in risk Risk is not always negative. That is, according to NATA Senior Learning and Development Trainer, Alexander Walsh, who said positive outcomes can come with risk. Alexander spoke about the topic at NATA’s Accreditation Matters 2024 conference,… Read more
Industry News · February 3, 2025 Accreditation Matters 2025 Gold Sponsor: National Measurement Institute (NMI) NMI is the Australian Government’s national authority on measurement. Their work aims to ensure a fair, safe, healthy and competitive Australia. NMI’s activities include: They also develop and maintain Australia’s physical, chemical and biological measurement standards:… Read more
Industry News · February 3, 2025 Accreditation Matters 2025 Gold Sponsor: Joint Accreditation Services Australia and New Zealand (JASANZ) Established by way of an international treaty between Australia and New Zealand governments in 1991, the Joint Accreditation Services Australia and New Zealand (JASANZ) organisation provides internationally recognized accreditation services that give confidence to markets domestically… Read more
Industry News · February 3, 2025 Standards Australia – Watching over our safety this summer Over summer Standards Australia has focused on improving community awareness of safety by sparking conversations about a range of relevant issues related to Australia’s holiday season. Read more below. Holiday gifts and product safety As cost-of-living… Read more
Industry News · February 3, 2025 Does Australia trust its scientists? There is a general belief that science is crucial for evidence-based decision-making. Public trust in scientists, therefore, is believed to help decision makers act on the basis of the best available evidence. Trust in science and… Read more
Industry News · February 3, 2025 Part 2 – NATA: Assessing the adoption of AI NATA is looking at how it can embrace artificial intelligence (AI) options in 2025 to provide a better service for its Members. In the January edition of NATA News we looked at potential benefits and efficiencies… Read more
Industry News · February 3, 2025 ISO/IEC 17020 – DRAFT Australian Standard now adopted and comments soughtThe DRAFT Australian Standard DR AS/NZS ISO/IEC DIS 17020:2025 Conformity assessment – Requirements for bodies performing inspection has been adopted and is now open for review and comments. Interested parties can review the draft and provide any feedback… Read more
Industry News · February 3, 2025 NATA – helping advance cancer treatment through accredited CAR-T cell therapy It’s no secret cancer affects millions of lives worldwide, but thanks to groundbreaking innovations, the fight against this insidious disease is better than ever. World Cancer Day, observed annually on February 4, is a global initiative… Read more
