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Articles & Reference Material

Working Alone Guide (60kb PDF)
from Worksafe Western Australia

Defences Under the OHS Act Established in NSW (252kb PDF)
from "Safety Matters" - Blake Dawson Waldron

Guidance note - Forklift Safety (312kb PDF)
from Worksafe Victoria

Promoting a Positive Culture (191kb PDF)
Institution of Occupational Health and Safety (IOSH)

Behavioural Safety: Kicking Bad Habits (88kb PDF)
Institution of Occupational Health and Safety (IOSH)

Committee Member Newsletters

Assessing OHS Risks (119kb PDF)
Attitudes that Injure (91kb PDF)
Control of Risks (179kb PDF)
Hints for Successful Meetings (100kb PDF)
Identifying Hazards (163kb PDF)
New Title & Format (81kb PDF)
Should your Chairperson be like: ... ? (94kb PDF)
The Section 8 (OHS Act 2000) Test (99kb PDF)
Workplace OH&S Consultation (147kb PDF)

Your Safety Matters Newsletters

Changes to the NSW OHS Act 2000 (254kb PDF)
At Work Alone (250kb PDF)
Getting & Retaining Members on the OHS Committee (172kb PDF)
Signs & Information (332kb PDF)
What If? (303kb PDF)
Risk Perception & Risk Assessment (310kb PDF)
Risks (179kb PDF)
Hazards - The Game of Chance (207kb PDF)
Managing Workplace Health & Safety (156kb PDF)
Drugs and Risk Assessment (121kb PDF)
Good News......But (111kb PDF)
Manual Handling Tasks (83kb PDF)
1 In Every 7 (OHS Literacy) (66kb PDF)
4 Major Steps of Accident Investigation (61kb PDF)
Continuous Improvement (103kb PDF)
Duty of Care and the NSW OHS Act 2000 (97kb PDF)
Efficient Committees (115kb PDF)
Hazardous Substances, Dangerous Goods and Explosives (328kb PDF)
Information, Instruction, Training & Supervision (116kb PDF)
"It Must Be Safe" (65kb PDF)
Near Miss (224kb PDF)
People with Attitude (104kb PDF)
Reasonably Practicable (248kb PDF)
Risk Assessment (241kb PDF)
Risk Management (70kb PDF)
What Training? (68kb PDF)
What's On The Agenda? (79kb PDF)