Category: Safety

The Role of Today’s WHSO

The role of the Workplace Health and Safety Officer (WHSO) over the last 10-15 years has been somewhat of a hokey-pokey dance,…

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Why is there no-one in the office on Fridays and Mondays (or Tuesdays, or Wednesdays…)?

A by-product of the COVID-19 pandemic was the imposition of working from home arrangements. However, once staff got a little accustomed to…

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The Emerging Risk: Unravelling the Risks of Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has revolutionised industries worldwide, including Australia. In recent years, businesses have rapidly integrated AI technologies into their workplaces to…

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Due Diligence is not ‘Safety Tourism’ for executives

Boards and Executive Management are well aware that they have Due Diligence obligations as Officers for their organisations. When it comes to…

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Challenging Human Nature …

The competitive character trait in human nature can start at a young age, and become especially evident when there is an older…

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Well it must be the season for the release of government reviews in Queensland …

Two major reviews impacting the legislative expectations for safety management in Queensland have recently been released: the review of the Work Health…

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Psychosocial Safety at work - what do employers need to do?

With the recent changes to managing psychosocial hazards in April 2023, including the amendments to the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011…

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Australia’s New WHS Strategy

Safe Work Australia (the Australian Government’s statutory agency representing the interests of workers and employers to improve work health and safety [WHS])…

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Sorry, I can’t answer your email right now as I am having a work-life balance crisis…

International research has recently confirmed that after-hours contact from Management heightens employee stress levels. Now this probably isn’t ground-breaking news, but it is…

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