Year: 2025
As the saying goes; “the only constant is change”. The WHS landscape in Australia is no different: it is a continually shifting environment across Australian jurisdictions. Regulators, industry, and workplaces are addressing both traditional safety risks and new challenges, including emerging hazards, legislative updates, and changes related to workplace culture, wellbeing, and technology. Some of … Continued
With an array of safety culture and safety maturity programs being touted within the Industry, we are seeing organisations turn their attention to the tackling safety culture often at the expense of the safety management system. Concerning recent trends have emerged in audits of late, with regulatory requirements being missed or overlooked, systems documents not … Continued
From our perspective as consultants, in recent audits we have observed a recurring pattern — the re-emergence of previously identified issues that had been marked for corrective action but not effectively resolved. These “repeat findings” are more than a simple non-compliance; they’re a clear indicator of weaknesses in an organisation’s corrective action and assurance processes. … Continued
Is a management system management system judged to be perfectly in tune with your business when it’s implemented, or when zero non-conformances are identified during an audit, or when the Management Review process finds no recommendations for improvement? All good answers …. But the problem with all of these answers is that they assume that … Continued
After spending the better part of the last 20 years in and out of organisations auditing their management systems – be that safety, quality or something more integrated – it is pleasing for QRMC’s auditors to see the tide turning (albeit slowly in some quarters) in relation to the look and feel of management systems. … Continued
The Queensland WHS Legislation and the Managing the Risk of Psychosocial Hazards at Work Code of Practice require PCBUs (persons conducting a business or undertaking) to apply the hierarchy of controls specifically for psychosocial risks. The use of the hierarchy of controls, means that higher-order controls (such as job design changes) must be considered and … Continued