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There's been quite a bit happening in WHS over the past 12 months. New PIN Requirements, New WHS Regulation 2025, Codes of Practice are now minimum performance standards, Psychosocial hazards remain a major regulatory focus, SafeWork's current enforcement priorities and Digital work systems, AI and automation

In the wake of major enforcement pushes across New South Wales, local governments are facing intense scrutiny over workplace mental health. High-profile regulatory actions by SafeWork NSW, such as the recent compliance notices issued to Shoalhaven City Council and pioneering frameworks from Glen Innes Severn Council, have left many asking: What exactly are a councillor’s legal duties regarding psychosocial safety?

Most people understand that a business has work health and safety duties. Fewer people realise that certain individuals inside that business hold a separate duty, in their own name, that cannot be handed to anybody else. Those individuals are called officers. On 13 August 2026, SafeWork NSW released an online self-assessment tool and a quick reference guide to help officers understand and test their due diligence. It is a genuinely useful resource and I would encourage or

If you work in WHS, risk, HR or management, you probably know the feeling. You hear that something has changed, someone mentions a new Code of Practice, there is an amendment to legislation or a court decision starts doing the rounds on LinkedIn and suddenly you're wondering whether you've missed something important.

Artificial intelligence and emerging technologies are rapidly changing the way Australian businesses operate. We are using AI to write documents, analyse data, allocate work, schedule workers, monitor performance, identify hazards, assess risk, predict maintenance requirements and increasingly support operational decision-making. At the same time, automation, wearable technology, advanced robotics, digital monitoring systems and algorithmic decision-making are changing how