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Updated HSER Resource File Launched Articles • HSER Connect • June 2026 Our HSER Resource File comprehensively details all the resources available to assist HSERs in fulfilling your role as a Health, Safety and Environment Representative (HSER) and has now been fully updated and relaunched for 2026.

New Members and SLG Appointments Articles • June 2026 This month we have had some changes to our WA/NT Safety Leaders Groups (SLG) and have one new member company. There was no meeting in Qld this month.

Wire Ropes & Complex Lifting Operations: Cranes & Lifting Forum Articles • May 2026 April’s Cranes & Lifting Forum was no April Fool's session. This event covered some serious topics, shared by a community serious about safety! There was a huge demand on the 1st of April for the theme of Wire Ropes and Complex Lifting Operations and an agenda including 2 international speakers and NOPSEMA.

Cleanaway: Frontline HSE Representative Program - Engagement that embeds workforce-led HSE Improvement Articles • HSER Connect • Frontline Connect • May 2026 Here’s the story of how Cleanaway is supporting industry-wide safety collaboration by using Safer Together support resources to shape its Frontline HSE Representative Engagement Program.

New Members and SLG Appointments Articles • May 2026 This month we have had some changes to our Qld Safety Leaders Group (SLG) and have two new member companies. There was no meeting in WA/NT this month.

Safer Together Hits the Road! Articles • April 2026 In March we continued our bi-annual Regional Queensland Member Engagement Roadshows – designed to engage with local member company representatives, to increase understanding of our member’s needs, and to raise the profile of Safer Together in the region.

Rig Site Safety Working Group Considers Repeat Incidents Articles • April 2026 True safety improvement requires continuous learning, strong leadership commitment, and consistent application of lessons learned—so that the same mistakes are not repeated. It was with this in mind that the Rig Site Safety Working Group came together in March to consider repeat incidents – with a particular focus on Camlocks, Extension Bars and Baskets at their March DCIIRP ‘History Repeats’.

Fitness to Work – Medical Assessment Guideline Lunch & Learn Articles • April 2026 Our Health Working Group welcomed member company representatives along with Medical Providers to our ‘Fitness to Work – Medical Assessment Guideline’ Lunch & Learn in Perth.

Land Transport Incident Review Panel – Dropped Trailer Loads Articles • April 2026 At their March Incident Review Panel, our Land Transport Working Group focussed on increasing risk-awareness from legacy land transport trailer-related incidents, by exploring the lessons learned and sharing them - with the aim of reducing repeat incidents, via the theme 'Dropped Trailer Loads'.

Fitness to Work – Medical Assessment Guideline Rev 2.1 Launched! Articles • April 2026 Our Fitness to Work (FTW) – Medical Assessment Guideline (MAG) is designed for use in for pre-employment and periodic medical examinations for the Australian Energy Production Industry. Rev 2.1 of the FTW-MAG incorporates minor updates to provide clarification for Medical Providers.