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Buddy to Boss: Safer Together is developing Frontline Leadership Training Articles • March 2023 Transforming a team member into an effective team leader takes more than just technical capability – it needs dedicated attention to developing the critical people skills that make leaders effective. Training is needed as part of a continuum of developing frontline leaders in our industry. Safer Together seeks input from our members to help us make sure we are ‘on the right track’ as we progress our work to make this type of training available.

Giving a Helping Hand to Whitehaven Coal Articles • March 2023 While Safer Together remains focused on safety in the Australian oil and gas industry - companies outside the industry can also derive benefit from Associate Membership of Safer Together; demonstrated by our newest Associate Member, Whitehaven Coal.

Land Transport has Safety in Tow Articles • March 2023 February saw our first event for the calendar year, our Land Transport Incident Review Panel in Brisbane, a highly interactive and engaging forum delving into the nuances of trailer connections and loading, and towing incidents.

Radiation Won’t Give You Superpowers, But The Fallout From An Incident Could Hurt Your Business Articles • March 2023 There are plenty of comic book characters who derive their superpowers from radiation, but for the rest of us mere mortals an uncontrolled exposure to radioactive materials can be very harmful.

New Members and SLG Appointments Articles • March 2023 We would like to welcome the following six new Member Companies to Safer Together.

Fastened in & Good to Go: Safe Transport of Vehicular Passengers Guideline Articles • February 2023 Launched in late 2022, the Safe Transport of Vehicular Passengers Guideline has been developed to share passenger transport industry best practice as it applies to risk management solutions for bus operators and clients, aiming to reduce the likelihood or consequence of critical risks and events occurring.

Stay Tuned - 2022 Member Engagement Reports Articles • February 2023 Next week, we will be issuing our annual company-specific summary report to each of our 208 Member Companies. The report will highlight the range of engagement touchpoints with Safer Together available in 2022, and the extent to which each Member Company took advantage of these opportunities.

Elevating the Industry Safety Induction for 2023 Articles • February 2023 A key component for improving our industry’s safety performance is the competence and behaviour of our personnel and ensuring that new starts to the industry have a successful start. Our Industry Safety Induction (ISI) is an industry-first tool developed to streamline and standardise new start safety inductions industry-wide. In 2023, the ISI is having a major refurbishment to better fit the post-pandemic industry.

Lofty Ambitions For Cranes & Lifting Working Group Articles • February 2023 In developing our Strategic Safety Plan, we asked our Members if there was anything else they needed. Members identified a need not yet met in the cranes and lifting sector of our industry, with the most pressing issue being the need for a competency guidance for offshore inspection and maintenance (I&M) personnel.

A Few Of Our Favourite Things: Best & Fairest 2022 Articles • February 2023 Our industry can be a demanding one. Deadlines, KPIs, budgets, project plans, and (too many) zoom meetings. It’s easy to let the year pass without recognising the contribution of individuals, but that isn’t what we do at Safer Together! Drum roll please……. here are our Best and Fairest for 2022.