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• ↓ Australia’s Migrant Majority and the New Realities for OHS
• ↓ Trade unions, OHS and the hard question of representation
• ↓ Systems Thinking Remains the Blind Spot in Australia’s Leadership Conversation
• ↓ What’s it like living and working on a Pacific Island?
• ↓ The Royal Commission Needs Strong Consideration of OHS Actions and Consequences
• ↓ Save the Player, Save the Game: Rethinking Brain Injury in Australian Football
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"Australia is living through a demographic and economic shift that is far more consequential for workplace safety than most organisations or regulators have acknowledged. George Megalogenis’ new book, Three Shocks, identifies three structural changes reshaping the nation: Australia is now a majority‑migrant country; professional women have overtaken blue‑collar men as the largest occupational group; and the geopolitical environment that once provided stability has become unpredictable. These shocks are lived realities in workplaces, and they demand an occupational health and safety (OHS) overhaul."

"Trade unions have always had a substantial role in Australian occupational health and safety (OHS), particularly in the construction industry. That role should not be dismissed, minimised or romanticised. The history of union involvement in workplace safety is one of pressure, persistence and, at times, confrontation. But the more difficult question is whether trade unions should automatically control worker representation on health and safety matters. The answer is not as simple as many union advocates would like."

"Australian employers keep saying they’re improving how they manage mental health at work, yet the basic problem remains: HR and OHS still operate in silos. You can see it in every psychological injury case where HR handles the person, and OHS handles the paperwork, but no one fixes the work. A recent episode of The Caring CEO featuring a conversation between Graeme Cowan and Kat Page showed how close we are to integrating people management and work design — and how far we still have to go."

"For the last 5 months I have been living and working on Norfolk Island, an external territory of Australia, three hours by plan off the east coast of Australia. I am on a 6-month contract which concludes in just over a week."

Key Topics & Focus Areas for safetyatworkblog.com:

Australia’s Migrant Majority and the New Realities for OHS

Trade unions, OHS and the hard question of representation

Systems Thinking Remains the Blind Spot in Australia’s Leadership Conversation

What’s it like living and working on a Pacific Island?

The Royal Commission Needs Strong Consideration of OHS Actions and Consequences

Save the Player, Save the Game: Rethinking Brain Injury in Australian Football