Why We Exist
Safer Together was inaugurated in Queensland in 2013 at a time of unprecedented construction and development activity. Western Australia and Northern Territory followed in 2018. At this time, our industry was growing rapidly from 7 to 14 LNG trains in the space of a few years and was transitioning from Projects to Operations and preparing to manage the associated risks.
Companies realised they had common challenges, that were often unique (e.g., industry-specific legislation) or new (e.g., industry-specific technology).
There was an overlap of Operator and Contractor leaders willing to collaborate, nurturing the seeds of a more open dialogue about safety. As the operations phase of new assets approached, recognition was growing about opportunities that would be provided by an industry-wide convergent approach to safety.
Industry also knew that a supply-chain is only as strong as its weakest link, and that safety performance had to be maintained across all service providers.
Our Commitment and Guiding Principles define why we exist.
How We Are Organised
Our Operating Model is the destination of our Governance Journey and describes our organisation structure.
- Safer Together is governed by a Board, in accordance with our Constitution.
- Members are assigned to Queensland or WA/NT Chapters reflecting the geographic region they operate in. Regional steer and oversight of Safer Together activities on behalf of members of each Chapter is provided by the Queensland and WA/NT Safety Leaders Groups. Each Safety Leaders Group includes executive leaders from Operator and Contractor companies.
- Working Groups are the “engine room” of Safer Together. They build our initiatives. Importantly, they also support Companies right across our Industry to implement these initiatives. Champions for each Working Group are drawn from the Safety Leaders Group.
- A critical success factor enabling the Safer Together collaboration model is a funded, professional Support Team. This Support Team manages and facilitates our day-to-day activities on behalf of our members.
Collectively, representatives of all members comprise each chapter’s Industry Safety Forum. The Industry Safety Forum of each chapter will convene at an event organised by each Safety Leaders Group at least annually. This event will ensure broad engagement with the members and will seek to ensure that the company is meeting members’ needs by providing an opportunity to: share experiences across the industry value chain; identify emerging safety challenges, perspectives and solutions; raise awareness of new and existing company initiatives; facilitate peer to peer sharing and learning about implementing company initiatives.
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The initiatives built and supported by our Working Groups are categorised into 3 types – Standardisation, Major Sharing and Sharing.
Standardisation initiatives explained in more detail.
Safer Together also delivers a wide range of events that provide a platform for networking, learning and sharing knowledge about safety in the Australian Energy Production Industry.