Virtual Seminar Series

Part two of a presentation Safe Work Australia’s CEO Michelle Baxter gave at the Singapore WSH Conference in 2018.

Part one of a presentation Safe Work Australia’s CEO Michelle Baxter gave at the Singapore WSH Conference in 2018.

This video is a presentation Safe Work Australia’s CEO Michelle Baxter gave at the Singapore WSH Conference in 2018.

In this panel discussion, work health and safety experts share their insights and experiences with work-related injury in hot conditions. They discuss the importance of identifying hazards, implementing risk-management strategies and raising the level of awareness and education across a broad range of industries.

Officers have a work health and safety duty under work health and safety laws. This podcast features workers from a range of industries talking about how they meet their officer duty.

If you are involved in managing a small to medium business then you are likely to have a duty as an ‘officer’ under work health and safety laws. This podcast features workers from a range of industries talking about why they are an officer in their business.

A diverse and experienced panel talks about grey fleets: what they are, their safety and legal risks and why we should make them safe workplaces.

The terms ‘culture’ and particularly ‘safety culture’ are widely used yet misunderstood. Professor Andrew Hopkins critically examines the use of these terms and makes six propositions about culture that informs a clearer approach to understanding and managing culture in organisations. Andrew Hopkins is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the Australian National University in Canberra. He was a consultant to the US Chemical Safety Board in its investigation of the Texas City accident, and for its investigation of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster.

Three experts discuss ways to prevent and manage mental health at work, including in small business; how to identify psychological hazards; how to tailor effective evidence-based mental health programs, and; the importance of effective leadership. The panellists include: Eldeen Pozniak, CEO of Pozniak Safety Associates (Canada) Jamie Toth, Senior Consultant at Actrua Teegan Modderman, Manager of Psychological Health Unit at Workplace Health and Safety Queensland

Workers from seven industries take a moment to talk work health and safety. Hear from a factory worker, farmer, corrections officer, chef, nurse, truck driver and construction worker, each take a moment for WHS.

Minister O'Dwyer asks employers and workers in all workplaces and industries to commit to taking a safety moment every day this October.

Safe Work Australia Chair, Diane Smith-Gander, urges employers and workers to take a safety moment this October for National Safe Work Month.

Using specific examples from his experience working with Sydney Metro, Kurt Warren, Head of HSE at Laing O’Rourke, discusses how they proactively embedded systems and resources to tackle the issue of illness prevention across their rail and infrastructure divisions.

Sydney Metro Executive Director of Safety, Sustainability & Environment Executive Director Stephen Jones discusses the important role of the client in delivering positive health and safety outcomes.

Construction Manager Christian D’Hondt discusses his key learnings from delivering the tunnelling contract on Sydney Metro Northwest.

Keith Bannerman from the Australasian Tunnelling Society presents some key issues facing the industry, and working together to address the challenge of silica dust control.

Occupational Hygienist Kate Cole highlights international best practice in preventing illness and disease and practical steps to improve work health and safety in tunnelling projects.

Daniel Beavon provides an overview of SafeWork NSW’s current strategy targeting silica control in the infrastructure sector and the activities which support that strategy.

In this presentation Dr Peta Miller discusses the drivers of Safe Work Australia’s new authoritative guidance material for addressing psychological workplace health and safety.

International safety expert Professor Patrick Hudson and Qantas Engineering Head of Safety, Quality and Compliance Mark Sinclair discuss managing WHS risks in complex and hazardous industries. They reflect on the Qantas’s aspiration to be a high reliability organisation (HRO) in a global business.