Event Category: Network Meeting
Network Meeting – Amendments to the Workers Compensation & Work Health & Safety Laws in NSW
PRESENTATORS –Â John Makris, Partner & Salim Doura, Associate, Kingston Reid Topic:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The proposed amendments to the Workers Compensation & Work Health & Safety Laws in NSW and their potential impacts About the speakers: John Makris, Partner John has over 28 years experience working in regulatory workplace health and safety, environmental and heavy vehicle compliance,…
Network Meeting – Chain of Responsibility
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Network Meeting – Making Safety Simple: WHS Regulation is Complex, Our Role is to Make it Simple
PRESENTATOR: Shailendra Tripathi, Senior Director Health Safety & Wellbeing, Optus Topic:       Making Safety Simple. WHS Regulation is Complex, Our role is to make it Simple How Complex is WHS Regulation: How complex the WHS Regulation is? Some examples will be discussed. How to build a WHS management system which is simple? A simple WHS management…
Network Meeting – What can the discoveries of neuroscience teach us about improving safety performance
PRESENTER: Â Cristian Sylvestre, HabitSafe Topic:Â What can the discoveries of neuroscience teach us about improving safety performance Safety performance, whichever way we look at it, has been stagnant for more than 15 years in Australia, US, UK and other countries. This is even though we manage safety better and do more for safety…
Network Meeting – Workplace Implications of Medicinal Cannabis
PRESENTATOR: Bryce Dick, Managing Director, The Drug Detection Agency (TDDA) Topic:       Medicinal Cannabis in the workplace  In this presentation Bryce will discuss the challenges that companies face when dealing with these drugs. The presentation will hopefully enlighten you as to: What you need to consider and do. Recent caselaw that has supported the employer when…
Network Meeting – Panel Discussion: Prosecution of safety professionals
Network Meeting Agenda – April 2025 PRESENTER: John Makris, Partner, Kingston Reid TOPIC: Potential Prosecutions of Safety Professionals The 2023 decision involving the successful prosecution of a safety manager in Queensland has raised concerns over the WHS liability of safety professionals. In this presentation, John Makris will discuss the reasons for the Brisbane…
Network Meeting – Property Risk in the Insurance Sector and the Relationship with HSE Audits and Inspections
PRESENTATION  Steve Gibbons, Principal – Head of Development, Property Risk Solutions, Marsh Advisory Pacific Topic:       Property Risk in the Insurance Sector and the Relationship with HSE Audits and Inspections In this presentation, Steve will provide an introduction to the concept of Property Risk from an insurance perspective, and the scope of the major deliverables. The…
Network Meeting – New industrial Relations court – Recent Trends and Developments in WHS law and Practice
PRESENTATION Presenter: Martin: Shume, Barrister, State Chambers Sydney Topic:       Recent Trends and Developments in WHS law and Practice  Martin Shume is a leading barrister predominantly practising safety based regulatory crime. He supports clients in the areas of workplace health and safety, heavy vehicle national law, food safety and environmental pollution. He also appears at…