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Tips for developing a sustainable safety culture

There’s a lot of jargon and hype around the term “safety culture” which can have the unintended detrimental effect of undermining a…

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Safety Networking Group report – implications from Kirk & Collins

The August Safety Networking Group was hosted by Snap Fresh Catering and was supported by Jamie McPherson, Partner at MVM Legal. Jamie…

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Using audit and risk committees to oversee risk management

One of the lessons learned from the global financial crisis was the importance of appropriate risk management oversight as a part of…

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Planning to overcome WHS resistance

As all safety professionals know, the best WHS systems and procedures in the world will not achieve the organisation’s safety goals if…

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Managing JSAs / job risk assessments

In observing cases relating to legislative safety breaches around the various jurisdictions of Australia (an example from NSW here), QRMC has noted…

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Importance of home office risk assessments

A recent judgement involving a Telstra worker injured whilst working from home has highlighted the increasing prevalence of home offices, and raised…

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Considerations for effective safety communication

Ensuring that safety information has been effectively communicated and understood has always been critical to keeping workers safe. In the context of…

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Promote Holistic Safety Characteristics in your Organisation

Suffering from a safety incident is not the preferred way to find out about the weaknesses of your approach to safety management.…

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Considerations for cloud backup services

Relying on cloud services for backups and data protection arrangements is becoming increasingly common for businesses large and small. Even Government agencies…

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