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A short primer on due diligence
For anyone trying to work their way through due diligence in the context of occupational safety and health, I have put together a short 8 and half minute primer with a few ideas. I hope you find it...
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Risky Conversations, The Law, Social Psychology and Risk
New book by Dr Rob Long, Greg Smith and Craig Ashhurst It is with pleasure I can announce the publication of my new book, Risky Conversations, The Law, Social Psychology and Risk which has been...
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Due diligence: understanding performance or measuring activity?
This morning I was doing some work with contractors talking about the concept of health and safety assurance, both in the context of reasonably practicable and due diligence. One of my areas of...
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The Safety Paradox and the challenge of health and safety assurance
I am currently working on a new book on practical health and safety assurance, which I hope to have out by the end of the year, but I recently came across an article published through LinkedIn entitled...
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Health and safety assurance
For anyone looking to challenge their understanding of whether safety management “works” in their organisation, I have put together a short 3 and half minute video with a few thoughts. I hope you find...
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Post incident conduct: Is it relevant?
You can download a PDF version of this update HERE A recent Victorian decision, Australian Box Recycling , received some attention on health and safety social media sites because of comments about the...
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Work as it is actually performed: investigating when nothing happens
There has been some discussions and commentary in various online forums recently looking at the issue of “positive” incident investigations. Although there seems to be a variety of nuances in the...
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Systems as Imagined v Systems in Practice
The recent NSW Supreme Court decision, Attorney General of New South Wales v Tho Services Limited (in liquidation) (ACN 000 263 678) [2016] NSWCCA 221 is another in a long line of decisions that...
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Reflections on Safety: Reasonably Practicable
In August 2016, I wrote a WHS Update about the High Court decision, Deal v Father Pius Kodakkathanath [2016] HCA 31 which considered the legal test of Reasonably Practicable in the context of...
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Welcome to the intellectual vacuum that is political comment on WHS
Today (29 October 2016) the ABC had an article on the ongoing coverage of the tragic loss of lives at Dreamworld in Queensland. I have commented before about the disconnect between the loss of life in...
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