The Australian Health & Safety Business Podcast

Matt stumbled upon meditation whilst running a call centre business 10 years ago. He found that the practice helped not only energise himself, but also many of his employees around him. Fast forward to today and he's advising lots of workplaces on how meditation can truly benefit their productivity and bottom line not to mention improve the quality of workplace health.

Dr Susanne Bahn has an academic and safety background. In 2014, she started Tap in Safety by developing a system that allows companies to effectively train their staff around key safety and mental health issues in the workplace. The system embraces micro learning and online accessibility to pack a punch and engage workforces. Now in over 700 companies she offers a system that has solid back end reporting that helps companies demonstrate their duty of care.

Check this article out on how to adhere to Industrial Manslaughter Laws
https://tapintosafety.com.au/how-to-adhere-to-industrial-manslaughter-laws/

There's new legislation about to go through the NSW parliament that makes WHS Penalties tougher on business owners / PCBU's. Once passed, the ability to insure against WHS Criminal Penalties will become illegal. Bottom line is businesses around the country must measure their internal risk and ensure that they have safe systems of work. Find out all about the new proposed changes to the WHS Regs.

Wow Sarah-Jane is dynamic and fast moving. At 40, she's very busy running Riskology Consulting, the Hunter Safety Awards, a new software project as well as the local branch of the Australian Institute of Health & Safety (formerly SIA). 

Steve is truly an inspiration. Still in his mid 30'd, he's built one of the biggest national health and safety training providers in Australia. Starting Fire and Safety Australia after he saw an opportunity to deliver more contextualised solutions, he now has a 130 strong workforce operating training and emergency services all around the country.

With a background of a corporate career in health and safety, Kate saw an opportunity to make a real difference in the way teams and people operate at work. 15 years later she's a partner in Bulletproof Performance and kicking some serious goals locally and abroad.

In this interview, we learn about how Vince Ball has helped shape the ACT to become one of the best trained health and safety jurisdictions in the country. Vince runs the Construction Industry Training Council (CITC) and, amongst many other initiatives, has been instrumental in guiding 10675NAT Course in Asbestos Awareness into an accredited course with ASQA as well as enshrined as a mandatory program for all construction workers in the ACT.

It's astonishing when you hear that over 1.1million Australian kids are struggling and those families struggle with the basics of food and clothing. Dr Lisa O'Brien has been the CEO of The Smith Family since 2012 and in her role overseas contributing to the health and safety of over 100,000 Australian kids. Learn about the amazing work that the Smith Family does for our country.

Wayne Reilly from Safety Insights has had a really interesting career. He worked 15 years in the Royal Australian Airforce where he honed skills as a maintenance engineer on F1-11's. Working in Aerospace, it was natural that he understood safety. From there he worked in construction and mining including heading up a role as head of Global Incidents and Investigations for Rio Tinto. He has practical solutions to solving complex safety solutions.