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Insights

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Our Values in Action: How Safety Champion Turns Belief into Better Safety Outcomes

Discover how Safety Software can transform your safety practices and ensure a more secure working environment for everyone.

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Stay updated with safety Champion Software and industry news, get expert advice from our team and benefit from in-depth discussions on safety best practices.

Leadership

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The [very real] value of an effective incident reporting system

Unlock the value of incident reporting: participatory safety, legal compliance, trend analysis, and data-driven workplace improvements explained.

Leadership

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Safety just won’t happen without effective leadership

Effective safety leadership drives workplace culture. Learn how leaders can promote safety through example, commitment, and evidence-based management.

Leadership

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Why we should all support diversity in the workplace…

Discover the business benefits of workplace diversity: increased innovation, better customer interactions, and happier employees during Harmony Week.

Insights

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What on earth is a near miss? And why should I care…

Why near miss incidents matter: valuable safety data, hazard identification, and legal compliance. Transform close calls into safety improvements.

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The Juggler Part 3: Training the Juggler

Essential training for SME safety managers: formal courses, skill development areas, and practical support options to empower your workplace 'Juggler'.

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What on earth is psychological safety?

Psychological safety explained: the foundation of successful teams and effective workplace safety communication. Based on Google's research.

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The silly season is upon us…

Keep Christmas parties safe: workplace liability, risk mitigation strategies, and practical tips for end-of-year celebrations and corporate events.

Leadership

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Why you should take note of ‘startup’ principles in your workplace…

Apply startup innovation to safety: just start implementing, stay close to customers, and never assume you're done. Transform workplace safety culture.

Insights

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The Juggler Part 2: Show your support for the Juggler!

Support your safety 'Juggler' with leadership backing, training resources, and safety tools. Essential guidance for empowering SME safety managers.

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Who is responsible for health and safety anyway?

Everyone shares safety responsibility. Create implicit safety culture with leadership priority, industry-specific approaches, and simple communication.

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The Juggler Part 1 : Who is the Juggler?

Meet 'The Juggler': the unsung workplace safety hero managing multiple safety tasks while maintaining their regular job in small to medium businesses.

Leadership

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Why you should pay attention to health and safety prosecutions data…

Prosecutions data provides valuable foresight: identify safety program gaps, influence stakeholders, and motivate teams with real-world consequences.

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Insights

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This is an office. That OHS stuff doesn’t really apply here…

Right? Well, not quite. Actually, health and safety legislation in Australia doesn’t distinguish between industries or workplaces at all. Your duty […]

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Planning this year’s Christmas Party? Know your health and safety role

Yes, Christmas is a great time to celebrate the year’s achievements and let loose with your colleagues and workers. It’s […]

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Everything you need to know about Personal Protective Equipment

As an employer you are responsible for establishing control measures to best ensure your workers are not injured when at work. One method commonly used to manage your workers exposure to hazards in the workplace is by providing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Whilst it’s common for businesses to provide PPE to workers and contractors\, many

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What about the secondary caregiver’s health and safety?

In March this year, Australian dot com giant REA Group announced a pretty amazing parental leave policy. It not only […]

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Go paperless with your OHS practices

According to PricewaterhouseCoopers\, finding a lost document will cost a company $122 on average. It is also estimated that 7.5% of all company documents are lost completely. So\, let’s assume your company works with 1\,000 documents a year – a modest figure. On average\, that's 20 documents a week\, 4 documents per working day. That

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What’s the difference between documents and records anyway?

It is important to understand that there is a difference between health and safety procedure documents and health and safety […]

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Advantages to having documented Health and Safety Procedures in place

For many businesses documenting your Health and Safety Procedures is not vital to be in compliance with the legislation. Read more about this here. However\, depending on the work that you do\, there may be times that the legislation will require you to have your health and safety 'ways of working' documented. For example\, in Australia\,

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Do Health and Safety Procedures need to be formally documented to be real?

You’ll be relieved to hear that for many businesses, particularly smaller ones, the short answer is ‘no’. Adhering to […]

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Safety Management Systems: A “For Dummies” Guide

We are often asked ‘What is a Safety Management System?’ and usually the common follow up question is ‘Why do […]

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Effective Safety Management Systems for Business: Practical Advice

All too often we see businesses go to great effort or expense to establish health and safety policies and procedures\, then fail to implement them. A safety folder on a shelf\, potentially collecting dust\, is doing very little to actually improve health and safety of the people in your workplace. It’s the practical implementation of

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What are the main web-browsers and how do they differ?

A web browser or just browser is what you and the other 3 billion internet users access the internet through. […]

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More requests for ‘sit-stand’ workstations? Try something else…

Since the 60-Minutes story ‘Stand Up Australia - Is sitting down killing us?’ aired in September 2014 the following question has been on every manager’s mind "Do I now have to provide ‘sit-stand’ workstations to my workers?". To us\, the sit-stand workstation phenomena is an example of safety and OHS being used irresponsibly. The misconception

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What on earth is a toolbox talk?

If you don’t know what a toolbox talk is it’s likely you don’t work in a blue-collar-type role. Because in […]

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Health and safety legislation – the basic explanation

With all the acronyms, authorities and legislation out there, health and safety legislation can be complicated for many businesses that […]

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Secure Storage of OHS Records

Learn the best practices for secure storage of OHS records to ensure workplace safety and compliance with WHS requirements. Protect your data today.

Leadership

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A two-question quiz to help you find the right health and wellbeing app for you

We are hearing more and more about it these days. Issues of poor mental health and general wellbeing are on the rise in Australia\, and in Australian workplaces. Actually\, Beyond Blue report one in every five Australians experience a mental health condition in a given year\, and around 63% of Australian’s were considered overweight or