Claim OwnershipThe Australian Health & Safety Business Podcast
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Brendan Torazzi, director of OHS.com.au, is building Australia's first online health and safety marketplace. In this monthly (ish) podcast he interviews the personalities that shape health and safety culture around the country.
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Workplace Health & Safety Show is Australia's largest showcase of products, equipment, technology, and services to reduce worker illnesses, injuries, and fatalities. Supported by the Australian Institute of Health & Safety, the Shows is the biggest single gathering of buyers and decision-makers responsible for occupational health, safety, environment and workforce wellbeing at Australia’s largest companies and worksites.Under new ownership, 2024 begins a new chapter for the Workplace ...
Tammi is a renowned author, speaker and life coach.After Tammi lived with a mild level of anxiety all of her life, but it wasn't until she had a panic attack in front of a new partner, that she developed a system on how to deal with it.Tammi's system was used for about year and then she got published with Murdoch Books who are a part of Allen & Unwin after being rejected by several publishers and it's a great story on how she eventually got published after making the decision to self-publ...
Since getting back home to Emerald Central Queensland Jody recommenced looking for help with his Mental Wellness project. Jody had worked with BMA to get this project ready for mine site/camp role out but am also very interested in seeing if or how it can fit into business workplaces and their surrounding townships.He has been trying very hard to reconnect friends, family and community with local small businesses and sporting clubs to create a network of health and wellness providers to stave...
Outback Mind was founded by Aaron Schultz in 2019 and became a health promotion charity - The Outback Mind Foundation in 2022. After more than 20 years managing male teams across construction, mining and manufacturing industries, Aaron recognised a lot of men struggle, no matter what role we have in life and that there was a huge need to provide guys with support and ongoing wellbeing solutions that help us stay socially connected, build capacity and keep physically and mentally well. Aaron h...
Julie Armour is a Human factors, health & safety risk consultant who has been working in this field for over 35 years, running her own consulting business for almost 30 years. This has led to extensive experience in human factors risk and HSE management which has been demonstrated in academic, clinical, recreational, and industrial environments. Experience stemmed from an initial master’s degree in biomechanics which progressed to an academic career in anatomy & biomechanics primarily...
Changing the way people are employed in AustraliaMACFORCE Australia is a recruitment company with heart, focused on changing the way people are employed in Australia, particularly across the mining, construction and civil sector.We support candidates to find suitable work placements with our reputable clients, with our processes underpinned by our values of quality, integrity and compassion.More info:Anthony MacShane 0456 686 769anthony@macforce.com.auwww.macforce.com.au
After immigrating from Ireland to Melbourne as a safety professional in 2011, Cathal decided to hit out on his own.In this interview we discuss what it's like to run your own show and how engaging a safety professional can really add value to companies that know where they want to grow!E-mail: cathal@custodiansafety.com.auWebsite: www.custodiansafety.com.auLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/custodiansafety/Mobile: 0404484655
Trent is a safety professional who originally started on the tools.About 5 years ago, Trent received a call early on a Saturday morning that his father had been killed in a car accident whilst on the job working for for Sydney Trains as a contractor for Multi Civil and Rail Services (MCR). Trent and his family were understandably devastated. Trent as a safety professional went to work gathering evidence and found there were numerous internal safety policy and procedure breaches as well a...
Working at Master Builders gave Rachael an insight that many tradies aren't across the legal requirements of safety. This led her, and her husband, to create Safer Outcomes, a documentation system to small to medium sized businesses manage their legal responsibilities when it comes to safety.Can your business afford the fines if you get caught without the required safety documentation? Tune in to see how Rachael's unique and simple approach is having a positive affect on hundreds of businesse...
The thing that strikes you about Sue is her passion for health and safety. Her ContractorSafe business helps companies sort out how they deal with contractors. Many, she believes, over complicate the relationships and responsibilities of company to contractors which ultimately ends in additional costs and bureaucracy.Sue's approach is to give Principal Contractors better legal and commercial protection in the event of an incident by providing best practice contractor safety management systems...
Yasser Zaki has had a really interesting career working in the disability sector. First working for Government, then a large provider, in 2015/16 he branched out to start his own enterprise Tender Loving Care.Rather than be like many other providers, he's developed a unique approach that really puts customers first. He has also developed an enterprise that provides a pathway for employment for some of the clients he works for.Find out more about how Yasser has developed his unique approach in...
Ming runs one of Australia's biggest dance music companies fuzzy.com.au. In this candid interview he tells us how it all started and what are some of the health and safety concerns Fuzzy have to look out for when running festivals.Obviously COVID has temporarily stopped outdoor festivals of these sizes but it won't be long before it all gets up and running again.
Nick Wodzinski Site Onsite software business services 20,000 active workers and 150 building companies across Australia and New Zealand. The owner of the company, Mitch, started after a local Canberra construction company were having troubles demonstrating site management and compliance for the Federal Safety Commission auditor requirements. After this company was successful, this paved the way for an exciting start up story.More Info Visithttps://signonsite.com.au/
Scott started his career as a sports physio for high performing athletes. With the idea that injuries can easily prevented when loads are matched with capability, he pivoted after his mother had a workplace accident and he saw the huge costs for families.Preventure has attracted funding from a US accelerator program and is now deployed in various Australian companies. The wearable technologies hook up with phone apps and provide data that enables companies to prevent injuries by giving approp...
James fell into health and safety, like many of us, via an Environmental Science degree into Commonwealth Government in Customs and Border Security. Working in a regulatory capacity this laid the foundations for ultimately setting up his own business around Risk Management called Mindful Risk. Learn how James's helps companies reduce their risk profiles in ever changing environments
Matt stumbled upon meditation whilst running a call centre business 10 years ago. He found that the practice helped not only energise himself, but also many of his employees around him. Fast forward to today and he's advising lots of workplaces on how meditation can truly benefit their productivity and bottom line not to mention improve the quality of workplace health.
Dr Susanne Bahn has an academic and safety background. In 2014, she started Tap in Safety by developing a system that allows companies to effectively train their staff around key safety and mental health issues in the workplace. The system embraces micro learning and online accessibility to pack a punch and engage workforces. Now in over 700 companies she offers a system that has solid back end reporting that helps companies demonstrate their duty of care.Check this article out on how to adhe...
There's new legislation about to go through the NSW parliament that makes WHS Penalties tougher on business owners / PCBU's. Once passed, the ability to insure against WHS Criminal Penalties will become illegal. Bottom line is businesses around the country must measure their internal risk and ensure that they have safe systems of work. Find out all about the new proposed changes to the WHS Regs.
Steve is truly an inspiration. Still in his mid 30'd, he's built one of the biggest national health and safety training providers in Australia. Starting Fire and Safety Australia after he saw an opportunity to deliver more contextualised solutions, he now has a 130 strong workforce operating training and emergency services all around the country.
With a background of a corporate career in health and safety, Kate saw an opportunity to make a real difference in the way teams and people operate at work. 15 years later she's a partner in Bulletproof Performance and kicking some serious goals locally and abroad.
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