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HIRE AND
RENTAL
INDUSTRY
ASSOCIATION
LTD
www.hireandrental.com.au
NATIONAL EXECUTIVE
President: Mark Scarce
Tel: 02 4647 6666
Vice President: John Tolmie
Tel: 02 9898 3300 Fax: 02 9898 3311
Past President: Neil Wallis
Tel: 02 4872 1011 Fax: 02 4872 1013
Chief Executive Officer: Phil Newby
Mob: 0417 212 627
National Operations Manager:
James Oxenham Mob: 0410 704 979
Executive Officer: Jenny Lohri
PO Box 1304, Mona Vale NSW 1660
Tel: 02 9998 2255 Fax: 02 9998 2299
Email: info@hireandrental.com.au
Website: www.hireandrental.com.au
NSW President: Braden Murrin
Tel: 0447 305 050
Victoria President: Jeff Bernard
Tel: 03 9793 2711 Fax: 03 9793 4711
Queensland President: Jeremy Shaw
Tel: 07 3807 0099 Fax: 07 3807 6755
SA President: Mark Burton
Tel: 08 8562 3399 Fax: 08 8562 3797
WA President: Marcus Geisler
Tel: 08 9475 8015 Fax: 08 9478 3225
EVENT DIVISION
National President: Geoff Tucker
Tel: 03 9540 3499 Fax: 03 9540 3522
EDITORIAL
Editor: Allison Leo: Punctuated Media
Tel: 02 6687 2607
or: allieleo@bigpond.net.au
ADVERTISING
Business Development Manager:
Michelle Grady
Mob: 0414 332 550
Email: hrianews.advertising@gmail.com
PUBLISHER
Hire and Rental Industry Association Ltd
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Tel: 02 9998 2255 Fax: 02 9998 2299
CIRCULATION
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Print and distribution managed by:
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ISSN 1838-1197
ON THE COVER
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ASSOCIATION NEWS
President’s Message
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Diesel fumes cause cancer WHO; Orion Software
announces Australian subsidiary; The Rental
Show moves to new location; HRIA website
redesigned and relaunched; Coates Hire opens
doorways of hope
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CORDELL REPORT
Contracts Won
INDUSTRY IN FOCUS
11 Kerr’s Hire turns 30
12 Lasting legacy from industry great - VALE -
Neville Kennard
13 Why should my business have a social media
presence?
14 Planning to retire? Don’t sell - recruit
15 EVENTS IN FOCUS
European Standard for portable toilets
launched; Shopping centre from shipping
containers in Christchurch; Portable cooling;
converting utes to mini ambulances; New
thermoformer launched by Formit
22 LIGHTING & ROADS INFRASTRUCTURE
25 ACCESS in ACTION
Online credit reporting; Mandatory accident
reporting IPAF; NZ to reduce workplace falls;
Manitou wins IAPA Product of Year; New
Haulotte appointments; Genie launches online
parts portal; Transporting plant - EWPA Training
37 MINI EQUIPMENT & EXCAVATION
Kanga remote controlled loaders; Mini
excavation equipment in demand; Tier 4
compliant excavators; Safety Alert - Quick
Hitches; Digga Australia goes global; Flagship
branch launched
50 CONVENTION IN REVIEW
53 EQUIPMENT SHOWCASE
Round up of the latest equipment available
CAB Member since March 2010
Supercompact P25.6
Only 1.8m wide and as low as 1.77m
Max lift height 5.7m - Max capacity 2500kg
Full size cab - 995mm wide
Hydrostatic drive - 75HP Kubota
Tiny in size - HUGE in performance!
Merlo Group Australia - a choice of champions
www.merlo.com.au Toll free: 1300 657 325
Hire
and
Rental
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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE HIRE AND RENTAL INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION LTD
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ACCESS IN ACTION
EWPA magazine inside
VALE - Neville Kennard
Lasting legacy from industry great
HRIA CONVENTION 2012
Pictorial review
FOCUS ON MINI EQUIPMENT
& EXCAVATION
HRNet
workplace relations support
www.hireandrental .com.au/members/hrnet
an HRIA member initiative
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The Panoramic P25.6
telescopic handler is
compact, strong and
safe and offers the ideal
solution for working in
confined spaces, where
conventional telescopic
handlers cannot reach.
The concept of a
compact telescopic
handler was first
invented by Merlo
back in 1991 with the
revolutionary P20.6.
Now the introduction
of the P25.6 sets new standards.
Merlo engineers and designers focused on
safety and size, resulting in a machine that is tiny
in dimensions (only 1.8m wide and less than 2m
tall), reliable and quick, but able to handle up to
2.5t or lift to 6m. The P25.6 also has the same cab
as its premium-range brothers at 995mm wide
with plenty of space, storage compartments and
panoramic visibility.