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What Leadership Type Are You?

Quality of leadership can make all the difference to the standard of safety in any organization, writes Dr. Marcus Cattani. If your business has safety performance problems turning the organization...

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Stressed out

The impact of stress-related illness in the mining sector is greater than many suspect, writes Helen Gibbons. To its credit, the mining industry is becoming increasingly aware that unmanaged mental...

Psychologically safe

[hr]The Australian workplace has hit a tipping point: the escalating business costs of ignoring psychosocial risks are becoming too great, according to organisational psychologist, Dr Jane Austin. In...

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The importance of being mindful

“WORKER REMINDED TO PAY MORE ATTENTION IN THE FUTURE…” It’s such a classic problem within safety right?  People just can’t seem to be able to pay enough attention. This must be the case based...

The problem is that we don’t understand the problem

SAFETY IS A WICKED PROBLEM! Sometime in the late 1960’s the term “Wicked Problem” was introduced by Hortst Rittel, initially in relation to social planning. A wicked problem is not about something...

Nominations open for Queensland Safe Work Awards

If you have a work safety success story, or know of an organisation or individual leading the way in work safety, The Queensland Safe Work Awards wants to hear from you! Presented by the Queensland...

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Benchmarking WHS culture & performance

In an effort to achieve world-leading WHS, MSAC has also developed a program to benchmark WHS culture and performance.   This program will be used as a leading indicator to monitor the industry’s WHS...

Fewer Victorians injured at work

The Victorian WorkCover Authority’s (VWA’s) half-yearly results reveal that fewer Victorians are injured at work, more workers are returning to work after injury, and the Victorian scheme continues...

Nominations sought for WA Golden Gecko Awards

Environmental project leaders are being encouraged to nominate for the 2014 Golden Gecko Awards – but be quick as entries close 18 April. The awards recognise innovation in environmental...