Category: News

Updated WHS Codes of Practice

The Queensland Office of Industrial Relations has undertaken a review of all 38 Codes of Practice approved under the Work Health and…

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Planning to Manage Threats and Opportunities

The current suite of Industry Standards all include discussion of planning for improvement – whether in the realm of Quality, WHS, Environmental…

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Looking Forward - Legislation

As we approach July 1st the Queensland WHS Legislative context will be adjusted with the restoration of the status of the various…

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Managing Cyber Crime Risk

Cyber crime and the consequent need for cyber security is a business risk that’s here to stay. It’s not only a technology…

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Checklists: The pros and cons

Workplaces rely heavily on their WHS inspection and audit checklists. Such checklists assist in prompting what to look for and what to…

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Link between WHS Mgt Review & Due Diligence

In Insight issue 83 we described methods of optimising the management review process. In addition to ensuring that the management review achieves…

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What is ‘good communication’?

Communication definitely means different things to different people, and hundreds of books of been written exploring the differences in the way we…

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Proactive Plant Safety

Beginning in April 2018 Workplace Health and Safety Queensland will be auditing organisations in the manufacturing industry as part of an effort…

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ISO 31000:2018 Risk Management – what’s different?

The international standard ISO 31000 Risk Management - Guidelines was first released in 2009, and in Australia the standard soon replaced the local…

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