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Moving Ahead, Safer and Stronger Together Articles • December 2020 Safer Together held a Queensland Industry Safety Forum on the 8th of December 2020. The forum was held as a webinar event broadcast from the offices of Arrow Energy in Brisbane. It was an opportunity to reflect on 2020, reconnect with our member companies, reinforce the need to stay strong and collaborate, and reinvigorate by focusing on a new strategic safety plan for 2021-2023.

Costa Concordia: Learning From Accidents Masterclass Articles • December 2020 Due to restrictions on gatherings and travel this year, the MarineSafe Forum was not able to be held in its usual format. But rather than cancel the event all together, it was decided that the Marine Working Group would instead sponsor a Learning From Incidents Masterclass focused on the Costa Concordia incident. The masterclass was delivered online in a set of two-hour sessions each week commencing in early November.

Moving Ahead, Safer and Stronger Together: A New Strategic Safety Plan for 2021-2023 Articles • December 2020 Safer Together has a new Strategic Safety Plan to guide our activities over the next 3 years. Following consultation with our Member Companies and interviews with members of our Safety Leaders Group we have clearly defined our Commitments and Areas of Focus over the next 3 years.

Contain It! Dates for 2021 Announced – Book Now Articles • December 2020 Missed Contain It! in 2020? Don’t worry, Contain It! will be on the road again in 2021. Read on for more details about where it is going…and when. The cost is $300 + GST per head. Get in early to secure your spot.

Our Office is Closing for the Holidays Articles • December 2020 The Safer Together office will be closed from the end of business on 18 December 2020. We will re-open on 4 January 2021.

New Members and SLG Appointments Articles • December 2020 We extend a warm welcome to 4 new member companies that joined our community of safety leaders in December 2020.

CoR Video and Communications Launch Articles • November 2020 Since 2015 Western Australia has had Chain of Responsibility Legislation in place and that legislation was amended in 2018. But not everyone is aware of the responsibilities that they have in the safe transport of goods by road, which extend beyond those of the loader and driver.

Final Contain It! Dates for Q4 2020 – Book Now Articles • November 2020 Contain It! is coming to Roma (Dec 2, 3) and Toowoomba (Dec 7,8). There is only one Brisbane (Yatala) training day left in 2020 (Dec 10). Places remain on courses in all locations, however, some locations are almost full. The cost is $300 + GST per head. Book now to secure your spot. Read on to find out about Contain It! dates in 2021.

Load Restraint: Virtual Learning with Land Transport Working Group Articles • November 2020 One of the challenges facing our industry is an increase in load restraint failures across the industry. Changes in Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) and complex Chain of Responsibility obligations require an industry response to raise awareness of the importance of load security and Chain of Responsibility within our industry.

APPEA Re-Connect Series: Deep Insights on Safety Performance in the Resource Sector Articles • October 2020 Safer Together will be represented on the Panel discussion at the upcoming APPEA Re-Connect Series webinar “Deep Insights on Safety Performance in the Resource Sector". Join this thought-provoking webinar and take a look over the fence at what we can learn from the Queensland mining industry’s safety performance and hear some deep insights provided by Guest Speaker Dr Sean Brady.