By Brendan Torazzi
The podcast currently has 74 episodes available.
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 Health & Safety Show. Attended by thousands of buyers, decision-makers and end-users from Australia’s largest companies across various sectors, including construction, manufacturing, utilities, retail and government.
What’s on offer?
The comprehensive education presentations cover a range of topics such as
psychosocial wellbeing, safety in construction, safety tech innovations, injury prevention and height safety – to name a few.
- Connect, collaborate, and innovate with safety colleagues from all corners of industry.
- The FREE program of events and opportunities offers professionals the chance to meet new suppliers, update knowledge, join discussions, and forge connections.
- Over 150 exhibiting brands are showcasing the latest in OHS products, solutions, and
services.
This all-encompassing event provides the knowledge, tools, resources and connections you need to strengthen your safety culture and improve performance and engagement. Find out more about the Workplace Health & Safety Show here:
https://www.whsshow.com.au/
In 2016, professional surfer, Brett Connellan was attacked by a great white shark at Bombo Beach, NSW. Floating towards death's door, he began to fight back and reached for life. After just 5 months he made it back into the waters, but found his gift of storytelling was going to have a greater impact on our world.
Tune in to hear from Brett about his journey towards life as a motivational speaker.
Web: brettconnellan.com
Instagram: @brettconnellan
Documentary: ‘Attacking Life’ available only on Stan Australia
Established in 1989, Awards Australia is a Corporate Social Responsibility market leader.
Specialising in awards recognition programs on a state and national level, clients and the community receive win/win opportunities and outcomes through established marketing, media and event management expertise.
With it's Community Awards it looks to highlight unsung heroes within communities all around the country.
More info
https://awardsaustralia.com/
Once Barron hit 18, he could not leave Nowra fast enough. Over the next few years he travelled the world ending up in New York as a documentary film maker. The fast pace of New York soon caught up and it's there that he discovered meditation that led him to eventually becoming a Vedic Meditation teacher. Some research into meditators in Washington in the 70's decreasing the crime levels was his inspiration to combine his 2 loves - meditation and film making to create a Happiness Project in Nowra.
Hear about this awesome community project that Barron has created to turn 1% of the Nowra population into regular meditators.
More here
https://www.beherenowra.com/
PCA are Australia’s leading community-based organisation for prostate cancer research, awareness, and support.
Anne Savage, who is the CEO of the Foundation, joins us in this episode to explain the role the foundation and which groups of men should consider getting tested.
The challenge is one of education for the community and getting it detected, if it is something present, at an early stage.
I certainly learnt something new during this episode, and I sincerely hope that it can benefit you as well.
More info
https://www.pcfa.org.au/
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-publish.
Tammi has just released another book.
More info
https://www.tammikirkness.com/
With over 2000 jobs currently advertised on Seek for Safety roles, there's never been a better time to enter the industry, or re-invent your role within the industry.
Kristine is really passionate about recruitment having worked in the industry since 2007 and run her own HR recruitment business Good People HR out of Melbourne since 2012. Kristine explains how flexible work settings and company purpose is becoming more important in today's job market. The job market is competitive, so for safety, with so many roles advertised it seems to be a great time for workers. A Cert IV in WHS is the minimum training requirement that companies will be looking for.
AI is also another important trend emerging that will surely change the way that we work for many job roles including safety.
The Workplace Health & Safety Show 2023 will bring Australia’s industry leaders and innovators together in Brisbane, for the first time, to present a series of live, interactive seminars covering the latest in regulatory amendments, technology developments and safety trends.
Taking place from 31 May to 1 June 2023 at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, this year’s comprehensive seminar program covers topics including major hazards, wellbeing and mental health, safety innovations, technology, and injury prevention.
As Australia’s leading workplace health and safety event, the Show promises to leave
visitors with practical tips that they can implement in their organisations, as well as the know-how needed to manage health and safety compliance. It’s also a great opportunity to connect with safety colleagues and leading brands from across the country.
Info and complimentary tickets here
https://www.whsshow.com.au/
Graeme in the early 2000's was a successful HR recruiter in the internet boom. The the dot.com era went bust this drove Graeme into a depressed state for about 5 years.
As a result of that experience he wrote Back from the brink and went on to sit on the board of the RU-OK day for 13 years.
Graeme has now written 3 books that have been published in multiple territories and languages and spends his time promoting good habits for preventing mental health with a particular focus on business.
Tune in here Graeme's fascinating journey and how he turned a personal crisis into a story that has helped many many people.
More info
www.graemecowan.com.au
18 years ago Wayne was working for GMH Holden in Adelaide and witnessed a tragic workplace accident that resulted in a death. This was a turning for Wayne to devote his life to making workplaces safer and launched him into a career in safety.
After receiving formal training Wayne moved to Darwin and fixed basic conditions in a warehousing situation that had extreme conditions. Wayne's skill was being able to get the workers onboard through active listening and getting them involved with the decision making process.
Wayne is currently working with Mirrat's in Melbourne
Wayne's motto is
Taking a shortcut is only potentially cutting your, or another’s, life short.
Contact info
https://www.linkedin.com/in/wayne-mccoy-96812126/
The podcast currently has 74 episodes available.