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Aged Care Quality Compliance Breaches
A recent article in the SMH has outlined some recent issues related to non-compliance in the aged care sector. Two nursing homes have had their funding removed for new residents due to non-compliance in audit findings. In the audits conducted by the Australian Aged...
First WHS Non-Suspended Jail Sentence
An employer has been given possibly the first non-suspended jail sentence under WHS legislation, following the death of a worker in a forklift falling load incident in 2017. Sparke Helmore Lawyers state on their website that this is the first known example of a...
New Aged Care Standards
For those of you that are not aware, there are new aged care standards that have been released. These new standards come into effect on the first of July 2019. Most compliance managers in the aged and community care sectors will already be aware of these changes. The...
ISO 45001
Probably the biggest news in the WHS/OHS world of late is the introduction of the new international standard for OHS - ISO 45001. This standard has finally been published as a joint ANZ standard meaning it has officially replaced the aged AS4801:2001 - Occupational...
Standing Workstations – Radio interview
I was recently interviewed by ABC Radio Brisbane on standing workstations in a section that they run called "Worth it?" Here is the audio of the interview.
Gig Economy and Health and Safety
The ABC recently published a recent article about the gig economy and Health and Safety. For those of who are not aware of the gig economy, it is the new style of work sourcing that is becoming popular. Similar to the concepts behind Uber and AirBnB, the gig economy...
Heavy Vehicle Regulation
I have been hearing in the news recently a lot of talk about the new heavy vehicle national regulations (i.e. Chain of Responsibility). This is good in general as it raises awareness of the importance around some of these issues addressed by the legislation. But some...
Quality (ISO 9001:2015) Certification Workshops
Quality Management is an important part of any successful organisation. This is true whether or not you have a designated quality management system (QMS). For those organisations that do have a QMS or an integrated management system (IMS) having this system certified...
Serious Workers Compensation Claim Statistics
Safe Work Australia has released its latest statistical report in relation to serious workers compensation claims. Serious claims are defined as a claim that results in a total absence from work of one working week or more. Serious claims are often viewed as a good...
What is the most dangerous job in australia?
Answering the question of what is the most dangerous job is a difficult one. As often is the case with statistics, there are ways that you can express the data which can give you a variety of different answers. A good analysis was recently published by finder.com.au...
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