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Healthcare | Occupational Health & Safety
The importance of psychologically healthy workplaces for everyone
More than 3,000,000 Australians experience depression or anxiety and most commonly these are aged between 16 and 64 years – our working years (Heads Up 2014). Margo Lydon, CEO, SuperFriend will be presenting a keynote on the importance of psychologically healthy workplaces for everyone at the upcoming Workplace Wellness Conference. Prior to the event, we reached out…
10 Aug 2017, by Informa InsightsLeadership & Communication | Occupational Health & Safety
Looking into the future of Safety Leadership and Culture
"Health & Safety shouldn’t be seen as an overhead for the business" At the upcoming Safety In Action Conference in Melbourne, Wayne Richards, General Manager Group HSEQ at Transdev will present a case study on how Transdev has reassessed their safety structure and will outline the steps that they plan to take to improve their…
29 May 2017, by Informa InsightsEducation | Leadership & Communication | Occupational Health & Safety
A Service First Approach to Delivering a Great Customer Experience
Creating collaborative approaches that ensure the involvement and opinions of all involved are heard are vital in a service first approach to delivering a great customer experience, according to Gallagher Bassett's General Manager, Aidan Brophy. Speaking at the 18th Annual National Workers’ Compensation Summit later this month in Melbourne, Aidan and his colleague Lucas Kowlaski are opening…
14 Feb 2017, by Lisa HedlundOccupational Health & Safety | Transport & Logistics
Truck Driver Skills Survey – identifying the need for a truck driver apprenticeship
There are many key issues facing the heavy vehicle industry in Australia; compliance with NHVR requirements, driver fatigue management, route compliance, transport automation, technology implementation and driver training. It is the latter, along with the attraction of younger people into the aging workforce that is perhaps one of the most important topics facing the industry…
23 Sep 2016, by Informa InsightsHealthcare | Occupational Health & Safety
Safety And Security Risks in Hospitals
This year’s Safe & Secure Hospitals Conference taking place on 17-18 October 2016 at the Novotel Melbourne on Collins will address code grey responses, incident reporting, training and education for security and clinical staff, legal protection, improvements to communication between staff, patients and visitors, strengthening healthcare policy and the importance of clinical governance, security risk…
5 Sep 2016, by Informa InsightsOccupational Health & Safety
Visit Australia’s Centre of Dust Research Excellence
Re-blog via Australian Bulk Handling Review May/June 2016 Thirty minutes’ drive west of Brisbane’s CBD, the Queensland Government’s Safety in Mines Testing and Research Station (Simtars) at Redbank is home to world-class facilities that contribute towards preventing disasters, fatalities, lost-time injuries and occupational disease in industry. Established 30 years ago as a business unit of Queensland’s…
12 Jul 2016, by Informa InsightsOccupational Health & Safety
Is Australia still mopping up the effects of Asbestos?
Asbestos is a group of silicate materials consisting of long, thin, fibrous crystals and millions of microscopic fibrils. Its affordability, tensile strength and ability to resist heat, fire, chemicals and electrical damage, made it widely used as a construction and fire proofing material in the 20th century. Concerns about the carcinogenic effects of the material…
14 Apr 2016, by Informa InsightsDefence & Security | Education | Occupational Health & Safety
Handling Security Threats: The Similarities and Differences Between Australian and US Campuses
As a preview to some of the issues that will be discussed at the upcoming 8th Annual Campus Security & Safety Conference held in June we spoke with Lt. John Weinstein, a Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) Police Department district commander. John oversees police operations on three campuses with 40,000 students. Before joining NOVA, he was…
4 Apr 2016, by Informa InsightsOccupational Health & Safety
Why should you promote physical & mental health at workplace?
The upcoming Workplace Wellness Conference 2016 will examine the strategies to enhance the well-being and productivity of the Australian workforce. This conference will focus on 10 industry case studies this year - featuring : Olly Bridge's (Head of Corporate, Health & Wellbeing, Medibank) case study on 'Medibank's journey of merging physical, technology and people to new HQ's in…
26 Feb 2016, by Informa InsightsInfrastructure | Occupational Health & Safety
Is social media the secret to improving OHS in correctional facilities?
There are many issues that need to be dealt with in regard to the health and safety of prisoners. Not only do correctional facilities need to ensure that inmates address their offending behaviour and prepare for the workforce upon release, prisons need to ensure that they provide the safest environment possible for those under their…
3 Mar 2015, by Informa InsightsInforma Connect Australia is the nation's leading event organiser. Our events comprise of large scale exhibitions, industry conferences and highly specialised corporate training.
