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Join Chamber CEO Danicia Quinlan as she explores some of the complexities of what H&S legislation means for your business, and what changes maybe on the horizon for your business, with leading expert in this field.

The WA Parliament has passed the Work Health and Safety Act 2020 (WHS Act) in November last year - 12 years after the WA Government agreed to introduce harmonised work health and safety (WHS) laws. The WHS Act will not operate until industry-specific regulations are finalised, however it is anticipated the new legislation, and accompanying regulations, will commence by July 2021 which is only a few short months away.

Once in force, the new WHS laws will replace the current Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984 (WA) (OSH Act), and those elements of other acts that relate to WHS matters. So what does this mean for my business I hear you ask? Not to scare you, but it is 100% worth a listen to our panel of technical experts in this field:

Danielle McNamee - Director, Processworx

Adam Mroz - Safety Manager, Fremantle Ports

Brad Promnitz - Director, ASC Australian Safety Corporation

Sponsored by the City of Fremantle's Business Capacity Building Program

Join Camber CEO Danicia Quinlan as we discuss some different recruitment options, funding models, challenges and diversity.

The Fremantle Business Awards 2020 saw a new band of small businesses take centre stage. In our first Set the Month in Motion for 2020 we hear from three of these innovative local companies on their survival skills, how they created new opportunities and found business growth in such a challenging year.

Join Fremantle Chamber of Commerce CEO Danicia Quinlan in conversation with :

Ross Drennan from Fremantle's The Old Synagogue, 

Jay Beeson from Old Bridge Cellars, and 

Kirsten Lopez from South Beach Boardies 

as they shared a very local spin on what success looks like in this Set the Month in Motion, sponsored by the City of Fremantle's Business Capacity Building Program.

This unprecedented year has affected so many of us in different ways. As the year draws to a close some will be celebrating just getting through it, some will celebrate their new life perspectives and pivots, others will feel the disconnection of absent family and friends and others feeling the uncertainty of what the world will look like for business in 2021.

Join Chamber CEO Danicia Quinlan and our expert panel to explore ways to think through our mental health and enter the uncertainty of 2021 refreshed and productive.

The Panel:

Dr Kaine Grigg - Founder + Executive Director My Local Mind Inc

Alex Attard - Professional Hypnotherapy & Strategic Psychotherapy Western Hypnotherapy

Rachael O’Byrne – Clinical Psychologist – Fremantle Clinical Psychology

Sponsored by the City of Fremantle's Building Business Capacity program

From the intersection of Indigenous culture and the English settlers to the growth of our Port City, its diversity of cultures and now our incredible creative industries, Fremantle has some significant cultural, heritage and creative assets. 

For many of our local businesses these assets form the base of their business - especially when we think of our Tourism operators, our hospitality venues, our galleries, our festivals and our architects and designers.

Join Chamber CEO Danicia Quinlan and our expert panel to explore on a not often talked about part of business. How does place and culture affect the way we do business, and how do we appropriately, and effectively, integrate these local assets into our businesses?

The Panel:

Kathryn Taylor - Manager Arts & Culture City of Fremantle

Anna Kanaris - Director Artitja Fine Gallery

Pippa Hurst - Founder Design.Freo

Sponsored by the City of Fremantle's Building Business Capacity program

For many local businesses the post COVID-19 bubble has included the significant financial stimulus support from a variety of government packages. Join Chamber CEO, and local experts who are managing these issues at the coal face, as we discuss what impact the packages have had locally and what might be in store for Fremantle Business as Jobkeeper and the stimulus packages continue to be modified down.

This is the time to think about the potential implications for your business, staff and industry sectors!

The Panel

Our panel includes:

Noah Shilkin: 

Ned Beckley: Artist and Sound Producer https://www.envelopeaudio.com.au/

Hayden Davies: Music Editor, Pilerats http://pilerats.com

Garry Dean: Creative Director, NOVA 93.7 https://www.novafm.com.au/

Andrew Ashbolt: Red Bull https://www.redbull.com/au-en/

AND the wonderful Lucy Peach – Music Artist, Author and Social Commentator

Fremantle has a special place in many hearts and many communities and particularly as the first meeting place between Aboriginal Australians and the Europeans who arrived to what they termed a place of opportunity. 

This podcast looks at how we recognising Aboriginal Australians past and present, recognise connections to land, how we create fairer and more representative workplaces and as well as how we manage culture and diversity in a positive way into the future.

We thank our panel below for their time and willingness to share their perspectives.

Sponsored by the City of Fremantle Business Capacity Building Program

Moving a business to the next stage of growth is often the critical turning point between success and failure for many businesses. Since COVID-19 many of our local businesses have pivoted to create change, adopted new systems or put on hold their expansion plans. There is no better time than to consider the essential systems and processes that sit behind our operations.

Join Chamber CEO Danicia Quinlan in conversation as we discuss the systems behind the change and how we bulletproof our businesses for success, not failure.

Learn how to fit systems into a new e-commerce world, manage logistics and distribution, develop your HR systems to resource the changes and deliver to your customer’s expectations as your business models shift.

Panel

Philip McClintock – Commercial Manager, Gage Roads Brewing

Peter MacCaulay – Director, Kitchen Warehouse

Danielle McNamee – Managing Director  ProcessWorx

This practical and topical conversation is suitable for anyone contemplating taking their business to the next level.

"Adapt, Pivot and Get Online!”  has been the catch cry of retail and hospitality businesses as the world took a quicker than expected turn during the COVID-19 pandemic. Has retail as we know it gone the way of the gramophone?