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Safe Work Australia broadcasts a series of free online seminars and podcasts that showcase the latest thinking, innovation, research and developments in work health and safety. Safe Work Australia leads the development of work health and safety and workers' compensation policy in Australia. www…

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    • Jun 29, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 18m AVG DURATION
    • 123 EPISODES


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    MSD Symposium - Addressing Sedentary Behaviour - Occupational Sitting—an Emerging WHS Issue

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2021 28:45


    Presenter: Associate Professor Genevieve Healy

    MSD Symposium - Derailing Workplace MSD Risks Through Systems Thinking

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2021 29:38


    Presenter: Associate Professor Anjum Naweed

    MSD Symposium - Closing The Evidence To Practice Gap In MSD Prevention - What Do We Need To Do

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2021 32:07


    Presenter: Associate Professor Jodi Oakman

    MSD Symposium - Applying Systems Thinking To Understanding MSDs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2021 25:32


    Presenter: Associate Professor Sharon Newnam

    Clean Air. Clean Lungs. - Michelle Baxter - Audio Grab 8

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2021 0:09


    Clean Air. Clean Lungs. - Michelle Baxter - Audio Grab 8 by Safe Work Australia

    Clean Air. Clean Lungs. - Michelle Baxter - Audio Grab 7

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2021 0:13


    Clean Air. Clean Lungs. - Michelle Baxter - Audio Grab 7 by Safe Work Australia

    Clean Air. Clean Lungs. - Michelle Baxter - Audio Grab 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2021 0:06


    Clean Air. Clean Lungs. - Michelle Baxter - Audio Grab 6 by Safe Work Australia

    Clean Air. Clean Lungs. - Michelle Baxter - Audio Grab 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2021 0:10


    Clean Air. Clean Lungs. - Michelle Baxter - Audio Grab 5 by Safe Work Australia

    Clean Air. Clean Lungs. - Michelle Baxter - Audio Grab 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2021 0:10


    Safe Work Australia CEO Michelle Baxter launches Clean Air. Clear Lungs. Go to the media release: https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/media-centre/media-release/occupational-lung-disease-major-work-health-and-safety-concern For more information about the campagin go to: swa.gov.au/clearlungs

    Clean Air. Clean Lungs. - Michelle Baxter - Audio Grab 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2021 0:08


    Safe Work Australia CEO Michelle Baxter launches Clean Air. Clear Lungs. Go to the media release: https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/media-centre/media-release/occupational-lung-disease-major-work-health-and-safety-concern For more information about the campagin go to: swa.gov.au/clearlungs

    Clean Air. Clean Lungs. - Michelle Baxter - Audio Grab 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2021 0:10


    Safe Work Australia CEO Michelle Baxter launches Clean Air. Clear Lungs. Go to the media release: https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/media-centre/media-release/occupational-lung-disease-major-work-health-and-safety-concern For more information about the campagin go to: swa.gov.au/clearlungs

    Clean Air. Clean Lungs. - Michelle Baxter - Audio Grab 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2021 0:09


    Safe Work Australia CEO Michelle Baxter launches Clean Air. Clear Lungs. Go to the media release: https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/media-centre/media-release/occupational-lung-disease-major-work-health-and-safety-concern For more information about the campagin go to: swa.gov.au/clearlungs

    National Safe Work Month 2020 - Diane Smith-Gander - All audio grabs

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2020 1:06


    Safe Work Australia Chair Diane Smith Gander AO launches National Safe Work Month October 2020 - Work Health and Safety through COVID-19. Transcript: October is Safe Work Australia’s National Safe Work Month, and this year, unsurprisingly, the theme is ‘Work Health and Safety through COVID-19’. National Safe Work Month is an opportunity to build awareness of work health and safety, encourage discussion about safety at work, and share best practice. All workers have the right to a healthy and safe work environment, and no work-related injury, illness or death is ever acceptable. COVID-19 has changed our world and our workplaces. Good work health and safety practices and risk management are more important than ever. What we've also seen through the COVID-19 pandemic is just how central work health and safety is, and the significant role plays in allowing Australian businesses to actually operate. For more information about National Safe Work Month, go to the website – safeworkmonth.swa.gov.au.

    National Safe Work Month 2020 - Diane Smith-Gander - Audio grab 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2020 0:11


    Safe Work Australia Chair Diane Smith Gander AO launches National Safe Work Month October 2020 - Work Health and Safety through COVID-19. Transcript: October is Safe Work Australia’s National Safe Work Month, and this year, unsurprisingly, the theme is ‘Work Health and Safety through COVID-19’.

    National Safe Work Month 2020 - Diane Smith-Gander - Audio grab 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2020 0:15


    Safe Work Australia Chair Diane Smith Gander AO launches National Safe Work Month October 2020 - Work Health and Safety through COVID-19. Transcript: What we've also seen through the COVID-19 pandemic is just how central work health and safety is, and the significant role plays in allowing Australian businesses to actually operate.

    National Safe Work Month 2020 - Diane Smith-Gander - Audio grab 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2020 0:09


    Safe Work Australia Chair Diane Smith Gander AO launches National Safe Work Month October 2020 - Work Health and Safety through COVID-19. Transcript: All workers have the right to a healthy and safe work environment, and no work-related injury, illness or death is ever acceptable.

    National Safe Work Month 2020 - Diane Smith-Gander - Audio grab 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2020 0:10


    Safe Work Australia Chair Diane Smith Gander AO launches National Safe Work Month October 2020 - Work Health and Safety through COVID-19. Transcript: National Safe Work Month is an opportunity to build awareness of work health and safety, encourage discussion about safety at work, and share best practice.

    National Safe Work Month 2020 - Diane Smith-Gander - Audio grab 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2020 0:10


    Safe Work Australia Chair Diane Smith Gander AO launches National Safe Work Month October 2020 - Work Health and Safety through COVID-19. Transcript: For more information about National Safe Work Month, go to the website – safeworkmonth.swa.gov.au.

    National Safe Work Month 2020 - Diane Smith-Gander - Audio grab 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2020 0:09


    Safe Work Australia Chair Diane Smith Gander AO launches National Safe Work Month October 2020 - Work Health and Safety through COVID-19. Transcript: COVID-19 has changed our world and our workplaces. Good work health and safety practices and risk management and practices are more important than ever.

    Transforming for the future: Part three: The Future of Work

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2019 3:24


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

    Transforming for the future: Part two: Megatrends

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2019 5:16


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

    Transforming for the future: Part one: An Australian perspective

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2019 3:21


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

    The future of work: an Australian perspective

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2019 12:47


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

    Heat and work injury prevention – a shared responsibility

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2019 53:31


    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.

    Meeting your officer duty

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2018 3:13


    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.

    Who is an officer? Understanding your responsibilities

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2018 2:37


    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.

    Grey fleets – a significant risk with unique challenges

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2018 65:27


    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 use and abuse of culture

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2018 40:20


    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.

    Beyond the spin on work-related psychological health and safety

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2018 45:31


    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

    Got a moment?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2018 2:22


    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 launches National Safe Work Month 2018

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2018 1:44


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

    Take a moment this National Safe Work Month

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2018 1:47


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

    Shifting perceptions and outcomes in occupational health and wellbeing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2018 15:07


    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.

    The role of the client in the WHS landscape

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2018 9:45


    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.

    Staying ahead of the game - Controlling silica exposure in tunnel construction

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2018 15:54


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

    Collaborating with industry to tackle silica dust exposure

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2018 9:18


    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.

    Preventing illness and disease in tunnel construction workers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2018 13:56


    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.

    Controlling silica in the infrastructure sector

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2018 13:47


    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.

    Psychological health and safety in the workplace: a national guide

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2018 34:34


    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.

    Up in the air: WHS in aviation

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2018 16:24


    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.

    Risk and profitability: Reflections and insights from Patrick Hudson

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2018 31:44


    In this podcast, international safety expert Professor Patrick Hudson reflects on the challenges facing organisations trying to implement processes to improve their safety performance. He discusses his Safety Culture Ladder Model, and how companies can assess their safety maturity in relation to this model.

    Best practice workers’ compensation for small business

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2018 25:36


    This seminar features three panel members representing the employer, insurer and regulator. Panellists discuss the role of each in the workers’ compensation process, emphasising the importance of communication, consultation and education. They also discuss various supports available for business, for example vocation rehabilitation and work trials.

    Work-related traumatic injury fatalities 2016

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2017 3:42


    In this broadcast, Kris Garred, Director of Evidence at Safe Work Australia, discusses the Work-related traumatic injury fatalities 2016 report, the statistics within it and the powerful role this data can have on improving safety in Australian workplaces.

    Managing shift work and workplace fatigue

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2017 40:47


    Every business and industry is affected by fatigue; however some types of work and sectors have an inherently higher risk, particularly when shift work is involved.

    Managing chemical hazards using the hierarchy of controls

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2017 5:08


    While chemicals may present health hazards to the workers handling them, applying the hierarchy of controls can eliminate and minimise these risks.

    Personal protective equipment for airborne contaminants

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2017 8:39


    Find out how to correctly and safely put on, wear, and remove personal protective equipment when managing airborne contaminants in the workplace.

    Asbestos basics for duty holders

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2017 2:56


    If you manage, or are in control of, a workplace, you have a responsibility to protect those who work with asbestos.

    Be aware, keep up-to-date and communicate

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2017 2:03


    Security guard Gail shares the work safety tactics that she goes through every day to keep herself and her colleagues safe.

    Fun, exciting and safe: WHS in major events

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2017 64:25


    Music festivals, sporting events and cultural celebrations are exciting and fun, but what are the safety implications for the staff, contractors and volunteers who make them happen?

    The physical demands of taking care of people

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2017 2:07


    Michaela and Adam are committed to their jobs caring for clients, ensuring they take steps to keep themselves safe too.

    Go home the way you turned up

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2017 2:12


    Farm Manager Ross and Winery Operator Marina get the best from their workers by providing a safe workplace in their unique working environments.

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