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, environme…

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 h…

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 highligh…

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 …

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,…

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 & U…

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 e…

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 & Exhib…

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…

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…

Brad's company Corehesion understands the work performed in heavy industries is complex and diverse, requiring management of production operations, employees, contractors, finance, maintenance, engineering, health & safety, risk, regulatory compliance and much more. Corehesion combines a suite of specifically designed applications with an expert te…

Corrina has built about an amazing training marketplace through a history of saying Yes first and working out the details later. It's all worked in her favour. Starting out in the RTO world, she delivered mainly First Aid and Fire Training courses to customers trying to get on top of their compliance. An opportunity came up that allowed her to go o…

Since getting back home to Emerald Central Queensland Jody recommenced looking for help with his Mental Wellness project. Jody had worked with BMA to get this project ready for mine site/camp role out but am also very interested in seeing if or how it can fit into business workplaces and their surrounding townships. He has been trying very hard to …

Outback Mind was founded by Aaron Schultz in 2019 and became a health promotion charity - The Outback Mind Foundation in 2022. After more than 20 years managing male teams across construction, mining and manufacturing industries, Aaron recognised a lot of men struggle, no matter what role we have in life and that there was a huge need to provide gu…

Julie Armour is a Human factors, health & safety risk consultant who has been working in this field for over 35 years, running her own consulting business for almost 30 years. This has led to extensive experience in human factors risk and HSE management which has been demonstrated in academic, clinical, recreational, and industrial environments. Ex…

Changing the way people are employed in Australia MACFORCE Australia is a recruitment company with heart, focused on changing the way people are employed in Australia, particularly across the mining, construction and civil sector. We support candidates to find suitable work placements with our reputable clients, with our processes underpinned by ou…

After immigrating from Ireland to Melbourne as a safety professional in 2011, Cathal decided to hit out on his own. In this interview we discuss what it's like to run your own show and how engaging a safety professional can really add value to companies that know where they want to grow! E-mail: cathal@custodiansafety.com.au Website: www.custodians…

Trent is a safety professional who originally started on the tools. About 5 years ago, Trent received a call early on a Saturday morning that his father had been killed in a car accident whilst on the job working for for Sydney Trains as a contractor for Multi Civil and Rail Services (MCR). Trent and his family were understandably devastated. Trent…

Tim Lowery is the MD of Specialist Hazmat Services, or SH Services, dedicated to mainly friable asbestos and lead work but also does clean ups of meth labs. Tim emigrated from NZ at age 20, worked in Demolition and early on got exposed to Asbestos. This was a driver for Tim to go into business and make a difference. He’s now on a mission to raise t…

John Toomey is one of Australia’s most sought-after speakers on a variety of Human Wellbeing subjects. He is widely respect right across the world for his Speaking, his Writing and his guidance on Workplace Wellness and Leadership issues. Original from the Central Darling Downs in Queensland, John lives in Melbourne’s inner bayside region. He speak…

Mike Tyrrell, CEO of Survival First Aid Kits, is on a mission to underline the importance of every workplace and home having access to First Aid. The business was originally started in the 1980's by his Dad and Uncle when his Dad found Mike injured and didn't know what to do. Fast forward to the 90's are Survival were speading the mission of First …

Peter has had a long career in health and safety training. Originally starting out in the army, he progressed to training and the assessing the military into working for a private training company doing a similar role. Dealing with civilians had it's challenges and he moved from private training into a Work Safe Inspector in Queensland and then the…

A chance purchase of a start up rehab provider 22 years ago has created a long term successful business for Karen and her customers. Karen's Work Options is a workplace and vocational rehab provider helping businesses protect against the risk of workplace accidents and incidents. Tune in to hear how Karen has recently spotted an opportunity in the …

Working at Master Builders gave Rachael an insight that many tradies aren't across the legal requirements of safety. This led her, and her husband, to create Safer Outcomes, a documentation system to small to medium sized businesses manage their legal responsibilities when it comes to safety. Can your business afford the fines if you get caught wit…

The thing that strikes you about Sue is her passion for health and safety. Her ContractorSafe business helps companies sort out how they deal with contractors. Many, she believes, over complicate the relationships and responsibilities of company to contractors which ultimately ends in additional costs and bureaucracy. Sue's approach is to give Prin…

With the onset of COVID in 2020, Dr Garry Marling took the opportunity to rethink how he could deliver his safety services. An idea from his son, helped him land on launching Culture Radar which helps heavy industry with high risks, use the culture piece to rethink how safety messages can be delivered effectively. In this interview, Garry explains …

Yasser Zaki has had a really interesting career working in the disability sector. First working for Government, then a large provider, in 2015/16 he branched out to start his own enterprise Tender Loving Care. Rather than be like many other providers, he's developed a unique approach that really puts customers first. He has also developed an enterp…

It's been no easy feat but CEO of CSI, Jason Jennings, has worked with key stakeholders to launch a new course designed at educating workforces as to the dangers of Silica Exposure. The course called 10830NAT Course in Crystalline Silica Exposure Prevention was almost 15 years in the making and CSI was successful in gaining support from ASQA (Austr…

David took over SIA (Safety Institute of Australia) back in 2015 with the view to raising the bar of health and safety professionals in Australia. Now rebranded to the AIHS (Australian Institute of Health and Safety) he has an active membership base of professionals around Australia. AIHS operate as a not-for-profit investing all proceeds into maki…

Rusty has lived most of his life surfing big waves and new the joy it can bring you. Not so long ago he turned his efforts to the Veteran Surf Project and got Federal Department funding to help veterans with PTSD Surf, Thrive and Recover. Find out all the great work Rusty is doing in this episode. More info https://www.veteransurfproject.org/…

Based in Tassie, Matthew has created Workbox Safety as a cloud based Safety Management System to assist companies create straight forward safety systems that meets legislative requirements. Matthew has carved out a niche in the Agricultural Industry and has now built another program that does SWMS for High Risk Activities. Enjoy this candid intervi…

A chance conversation with a trainer in the early 2000’s led Harold to setting up a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) and offering trainer qualifications. A well networked recruiter for many years, the RTO grew fast and now Harold has one of the largest RTO’s in the country offering TAE and Safety related quals. Find out how he did it here. Mo…

Serkan has had a background working in Government specifically in Workers Comp. His simple method around structuring health and safety systems has helped some of his old employers save millions in workers comp premiums. Seeing the power of these changes and savings in these methods, Serkan has recently started Falcon Consulting. Find out more: http…

Ming runs one of Australia's biggest dance music companies fuzzy.com.au. In this candid interview he tells us how it all started and what are some of the health and safety concerns Fuzzy have to look out for when running festivals. Obviously COVID has temporarily stopped outdoor festivals of these sizes but it won't be long before it all gets up an…

Bill Carson is a first aid trainer with a twist - he does First Aid for Mental Health. Companies are increasingly seeing the benefits of having first aiders that can identify and help guide fellow colleagues with health issues. Tune into this episode to learn how this training is becoming increasingly important in a range of different workplaces. V…

Gerard has been running a Mould Remediation business for the last 10 years in SE Queensland. When COVID-19 hit, he has used the core competencies of his team to roll out a new business called Silix which is devoted to the deep cleaning of public places and workplaces. The actual product that he uses is called Zoono from New Zealand and has been rec…

The world of WHS has changed again. No longer can companies insure against penalties imposed under the WHS Act and Queensland has just prosecuted under the new Industrial Manslaughter laws. Gareth's, Safe Assure, has a national presence and helps businesses make sure they have good systems in place. More info: M 0477 777 044 E gareth@safeassure.com…

Nick Wodzinski Site Onsite software business services 20,000 active workers and 150 building companies across Australia and New Zealand. The owner of the company, Mitch, started after a local Canberra construction company were having troubles demonstrating site management and compliance for the Federal Safety Commission auditor requirements. After …

Scott started his career as a sports physio for high performing athletes. With the idea that injuries can easily prevented when loads are matched with capability, he pivoted after his mother had a workplace accident and he saw the huge costs for families. Preventure has attracted funding from a US accelerator program and is now deployed in various …

James fell into health and safety, like many of us, via an Environmental Science degree into Commonwealth Government in Customs and Border Security. Working in a regulatory capacity this laid the foundations for ultimately setting up his own business around Risk Management called Mindful Risk. Learn how James's helps companies reduce their risk pro…

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…

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 compan…

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…

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).Av Brendan Torazzi / Sarah-Jane Dunford

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.Av Brendan Torazzi / Kate Smolenska

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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…

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 Smi…

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…