Year: 2026

AI at Work: The Safety Manager’s Role

Artificial Intelligence (AI) now appears in everyday tools: rostering systems, task-allocation platforms, monitoring software, robotics, and wearables.  This is changing how work is planned, allocated, monitored and reviewed. For a Safety Manager, it may create an opportunity to spot risks earlier, support better decision making and make safety systems more responsive. It also creates new … Continued

If It’s Not Recorded, It Didn’t Happen: Proving WHS Due Diligence

Under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld), officers have a clear and non-delegable duty to exercise due diligence to ensure their organisation complies with its WHS obligations (s.27 of the Act). While many officers actively engage in safety leadership activities, a critical gap often remains: failing to adequately record those actions. This is … Continued

ISO 9001:2026 Is Coming – Is Your Quality Management System Ready?

ISO 9001:2026 Quality management systems — Requirements is expected to be published internationally in September 2026, with adoption in Australia anticipated soon after. A three-year transition period is likely, allowing organisations sufficient time to review and update their quality management systems before transitioning from ISO 9001:2015. Based on the current Final Draft International Standard (FDIS), … Continued

Integrating Work Health and Safety into Enterprise Risk Management

Boards and executive leaders routinely oversee a broad spectrum of organisational risks, from financial performance and cybersecurity to environmental, legal and reputational exposures. Often however, Work Health and Safety (WHS) risks are managed through separate compliance systems rather than as an integral component of enterprise risk management. Given that a serious injury (or worse) to … Continued

NSW’s New WHS Duty: Codes of Practice Now Set the Minimum Standard

On 1 July 2026, the New South Wales Parliament introduced one of the most significant changes to workplace health and safety (WHS) compliance in recent years. Section 26A of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW) now requires Persons Conducting a Business or Undertaking (PCBUs) to either comply with an approved WHS Code of … Continued

Integrating Work Health and Safety into Enterprise Risk Management

Boards and executive leaders routinely oversee a broad spectrum of organisational risks, from financial performance and cybersecurity to environmental, legal and reputational exposures. Too often, however, Work Health and Safety (WHS) risks are managed through separate compliance systems rather than as an integral component of enterprise risk management. Given that a serious injury, illness or … Continued

Welcoming a new QRMC team member

QRMC is excited to welcome a new member to our team. Ian Rossow joins our senior consultant group, bringing a wealth of experience in safety and risk management. Ian is an experienced auditor and has extensive experience in safety management systems, risk management, compliance reviews, incident investigation and organisational safety improvement, and assisting organisations to … Continued