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February 28, 2020April 6, 2020

Us and them

Everybody knows the boat is leaking, everybody knows that the captain lied Leonard Cohen 1 Following the Queensland parliamentary inquiry into black lung and its subsequent report a project management office was established to review the sweeping recommendations. This involved… Read the rest

August 4, 2019August 4, 2019

The prosecution problem revisited

Great piece by Greg Smith (Author of “PAPER SAFE”) – first published here: https://www.waylandlegal.com.au/blog/the-prosecution-problem-revisited On 1 August 2019 an article was published about a health and safety prosecution in Western Australia, and it was another rallying cry against insufficient penalties… Read the rest

July 22, 2019August 3, 2019

The Compliance Conundrum

The challenge of compliance is also a challenge to critical thinking, this is one of the many paradoxes in risk and safety. When we comply or an organization seeks compliance this is all well and good only while things… Read the rest

July 10, 2019July 10, 2019

When Things Go Wrong Let’s Do More of the Same

I always find it fascinating when there is an increase in safety statistics or incidents that the call is always about greater vigilance, more checklists, more policing and more effort. What an amazing industry that still doesn’t know why… Read the rest

June 20, 2019April 6, 2020

A Fountainhead of Safety? – The Australian Institute of Heinrich and Skinner

History never says goodbye - It really means see you later Eduardo Galeano A Karl Marx essay, The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon is the source of a renowned quote from many historians…….History repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as… Read the rest

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