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Assist & Assure has All Bases Covered Articles • April 2024 Identified in our Strategic Plan as a high-priority program, Assist & Assure is our go-to program as we focus on growing a foundation of consistent safety behaviours across our industry, and build a strong safety culture for everyone in our industry.

New Members & SLG Appointments Articles • April 2024 In March, we welcome three new member companies, and have some changes to our WA/NT and Qld. Safety Leaders Groups.

Assist & Assure Now At Full Strength As We Launch e-Learn Tool Articles • March 2024 In our 2024-2026 Strategic Plan, Assist & Assure is identified as a high priority program for its focus on creating a safe environment for open safety conversations, ensuring that these conversations are consistent and effective, leading to improvement in safety outcomes. In response to the demand for frontline workers to have access to a concise introduction to Assist & Assure Australia-wide, we have developed a 30-minute Frontline Awareness Training e-Learn course.

AREEA Mental Health Framework & Maturity Assessment Tool Articles • March 2024 The Australian Resources and Energy Employer Association (AREEA) delivers superior workforce services to Australia’s resources and energy industry. They have shared with Safer Together members a Resources and Energy Industry Workforce Mental Health Framework and Mental Health Maturity Assessment Tool – the first of its kind assisting employers to measure, build and maintain mentally healthy workplaces.

Helping Hands Delivers Articles • March 2024 In 2023, our Associate Member, Whitehaven Coal engaged Safer Together to deliver Helping Hands workshops to workers at their Narrabri coal operations site - bringing hand safety awareness direct to the workforce. Later that year, Dr Matt Henricks (Founder and Non-Executive Director, Helping Hands) visited the Philippines; personally delivering the prosthetic hands built at the workshop.

Engage & Embed Road Trip to Roma Articles • March 2024 Our Engage & Embed evenings continue to gain traction in Qld, with February’s turn-out in Roma heralding the concept’s success.

2024-2026 Strategic Plan Released! Articles • February 2024 A Strategic Plan review requires us to step back and look at our remit with fresh eyes. Australia’s energy system is changing. Our industry has expanded its focus beyond oil and gas exploration and development to cover lower-carbon fuels and net zero technologies. Our new 2024-2026 Strategic Plan responds to these changing needs and contains a vision for our industry that will guide our future actions.

The Results Are In! Our Best and Fairest of 2023 Articles • February 2024 We are a member-led organisation committed to preventing harm to frontline workers in our industry. In practice, we are a group of committed individuals working toward the common goal of improving safety culture for everyone in our industry. Today we recognise and celebrate some wonderful extra-committed individuals as our 2023 Best and Fairest!

Contract Resources: Learning Event Bulletins – Globally Connected Workforce Engagement Articles • February 2024 Here’s the story of how one company has used smart communication techniques to effectively use Learning Event Bulletins in a way that maximises workforce engagement.

IVMS Roadmap Data Drives the Bottom Line Articles • February 2024 Our Common Industry IVMS Roadmap covers 27,500 square km of Queensland CSG operations areas across both public and private roads that has been consolidated from all four major CSG Operating companies.   This data that was collected to keep your drivers safe can also be used to substantiate fuel tax credits for your company.