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On this page you will find all of our WHS articles and issues of ‘Your Safety Matters’ organised in a blog format. You can search for an entry by looking through the archives or selecting a subject tag.

Court Clarifies HSRs Right to Choose a HSR Course

April 10, 2017

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A decision by the NSW Industrial Relations Commission on 3/3/17 has made it clear that a HSR can choose the HSR course they want to attend but must d...

Preventing Reckless WHS Conduct

September 12, 2016

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Legal proceedings against a PCBU and two workers have just been commenced in NSW for alleged reckless conduct that caused the death of a local reside...

First WHS Conviction For Not Consulting with Other Duty Holders

July 11, 2016

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In a workplace the focus of consultation attention is usually on consulting with workers – section 47 WHS Act. However in May 2016 a PCBU was prosecu...

Verifying Three Key First Aid Requirements in Your Workplace

July 4, 2016

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When determining the first aid requirements of your workplace you are required to use a risk management approach (Clause 42, WHS Regulations). And th...

A Fatality and $1.1 Million WHS Fine

August 30, 2015

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This recent fine is one of the highest, if not the highest fine, under the harmonised WHS legislation in Australia.

The tragic fatality that should ne...

Supreme Court Decides WorkCover Has Broad, Information-Gathering, Coercive Powers

July 6, 2015

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The recent decision by the NSW Supreme Court (Perilya Limited v Nash (2015) NSWSC 706) clarifies and reveals the broad powers that WorkCover NSW has...

Unhandled Risks Cost More Under the WHS Act

November 17, 2014

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Our recent article, "Did Einstein Have a WHS Equation", focused on the basic principle that a safe and healthy workplace is dependent on all WHS duty...

Did Einstein have a WHS equation?

November 11, 2014

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Albert Einstein is regarded as one of the most influential scientists of all time and the father of Modern Physics. Einstein’s equation for energy is...

Why Managers and Supervisors Have a Vital Role in WHS Compliance

June 5, 2014

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Duty holders in a workplace are all interdependent to some degree on what the other duty holders do. This article deals with why the PCBU (Person Con...

WHS Consultation

May 14, 2014

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What is Consultation?

Consultation is a two-way process between persons conducting businesses or undertakings (PCBUs) and workers where you:

Talk...

YSM 100 - Officers Due Diligence and Penalties

April 24, 2014

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You are welcome to download and distribute the article in
your workplace if you feel it may be useful

YSM 102 - Relationship of the PCBU Officers Workers and Others

April 24, 2014

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your workplace if you feel it may be useful

YSM 98 - How to determine what is reasonably practicable

April 23, 2014

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The Key Points of “Must Do” Risk Management

February 5, 2020

Minimise WHS Risk to Minimise Financial Loss

November 19, 2019

How to Maintain and Review WHS Risk Controls

November 5, 2019

How to Minimise WHS Risks in Your Workplace

October 29, 2019

Which is Best? Onsite or Public WHS Training?

October 22, 2019

Using Realistic WHS Targets & Consultation for a Safe & Heal...

October 8, 2019

How to Help Prevent Injuries in Your Workplace

September 24, 2019

The Best Way to Set Up Work Groups for Consultation with Wor...

September 17, 2019

Changes in Two Important WHS Codes of Practice Updated by Sa...

September 10, 2019

The Benefits of Training the Chairperson of a Health & Safet...

August 26, 2019

Preventing Workplace Injuries

August 19, 2019

What is a Safety Champion?

August 14, 2019

Successful Health & Safety Committee Chairpersons

July 29, 2019

A Lack of Adequate Supervision Cost $588,000

July 16, 2019

What is the “Adequate Number of Trained First Aiders”?

July 9, 2019

Manual Handling: Hazardous Manual Tasks - Are They in Your...

July 1, 2019

Does Your Workplace Have Gaps in WHS Compliance?

June 4, 2019

The Values of HSRs and Health & Safety Committee Members

May 27, 2019

SIRA’s Competency Requirements for RTW Coordinators

May 21, 2019

Will There Be a 50% Increase in WHS Penalty Levels?

May 14, 2019

Where Do Manual Task Injuries Come From?

May 7, 2019

DYS Issue 65 - May 2019

April 30, 2019

Officer Ordered to Have Due Diligence Training

April 16, 2019

How to Review WHS Risk Controls

March 25, 2019

How to Comply with WHS Consultation Requirements

March 4, 2019

WHS Training: What Training?

February 19, 2019

Working with a SafeWork NSW Inspector

February 12, 2019

How to Ensure that WHS Risk Controls Remain Effective

January 14, 2019

Courtenell’s Public 1-day Effective Health and Safety Commi...

December 8, 2018

“Reasonably Practicable” Fried Onions at Bunnings

November 22, 2018

How to Avoid a WHS Disaster Do Everything “Reasonably Practi...

November 15, 2018

Return to Work National Survey Outcomes Summary

November 8, 2018

DYS Issue 64 - November 2018

October 30, 2018

The Focus of WHS Training For Supervisors

October 16, 2018

Your Wish List About Supervisor WHS Responsibilities & Funct...

October 9, 2018

DYS Issue 63 - October 2018

October 4, 2018

October – The Benefits of Safe Work Month

October 1, 2018

Changes to the SIRA Training Requirement for Return to Work...

September 18, 2018

What is a “Reasonably Foreseeable Hazard”? - Part 2

September 12, 2018

What is a “Reasonably Foreseeable Hazard”? - Part 1

September 5, 2018

What or Who is a PCBU?

August 13, 2018

A WHS Tool to Help Identify Areas of Concern

August 6, 2018

DYS Issue 62 - August 2018

August 2, 2018

PCBU Interaction with HSRs and Health & Safety Committee

July 30, 2018

How to Increase the Benefits of WHS Consultation Part 2

July 24, 2018

YSM 136 - A WHS Risks Check

July 18, 2018

How to Increase the Benefits of WHS Consultation Part 1

July 16, 2018

Tragic Lessons in Work Health & Safety

July 9, 2018

Do PCBUs have to Train their Managers & Supervisors in WHS?

June 25, 2018

Has Your HSRs’ or Committee Members’ Term of Office Expired?

June 19, 2018

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Work Health and Safety Articles

Court Clarifies HSRs Right to Choose a HSR Course

Preventing Reckless WHS Conduct

First WHS Conviction For Not Consulting with Other Duty Holders

Verifying Three Key First Aid Requirements in Your Workplace

A Fatality and $1.1 Million WHS Fine

Supreme Court Decides WorkCover Has Broad, Information-Gathering, Coercive Powers

Unhandled Risks Cost More Under the WHS Act

Did Einstein have a WHS equation?

Why Managers and Supervisors Have a Vital Role in WHS Compliance

WHS Consultation

YSM 100 - Officers Due Diligence and Penalties

YSM 102 - Relationship of the PCBU Officers Workers and Others

YSM 98 - How to determine what is reasonably practicable

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