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Business Continuity and response plans

The response components of an organisation’s business continuity management program are the elements most critical to the organisation’s successful negotiation of a…

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Rebuilding reputations

An organisation’s reputation amongst its clients or customers, and in the marketplace in general, can be one of its most valuable assets.…

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The right safety professional

Most organisations seeking to hire a new safety professional for a role in the organisation give considerable thought to the educational and…

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Checking that safety systems work

Good safety management practice includes undertaking regular workplace inspections to identify hazards and confirm that workplace risks are effectively managed. Depending on…

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Risk-based thinking in the new ISO9001

Revisions to ISO9001:2008 Quality Management Systems are in the pipeline, with a draft currently expected to be published in April and the…

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Successful safety communication

Safety professionals, and all PCBUs, should be aware that the job of communicating critical safety information is not done until there is…

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Patterns of WHS incidents

A recently released book, Ten Pathways to Death and Disaster: Learning from Fatal Incidents in Mines and Other High Hazard Workplaces by…

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Minimise confusion around likelihood

Accurately assessing the residual risk level of identified risks, as part of the risk management process, is a prerequisite to the organisation…

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Safety Highlights from the L20

The G20 meeting hosted in Brisbane in November 2014 included a Labour 20 (L20) Summit, which incorporated a discussion of work health…

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