Edition 60, September 2008

WA Work Safe annual forum - Perth


The annual Western Australian Work Safe Forum will be held in Perth on 23 October 2008.

The forum, presented by WorkSafe, the Commission for Occupational Safety and Health and WorkCover Western Australia, will have the theme 'Come home safe', which builds on WorkSafe's very successful 2007 television and radio campaign of the same name.

The target audience for the forums is elected safety and health representatives along with employees, managers and supervisors.

The 2008 event will feature a number of keynote speakers including:

  • Professor Niki Ellis, who is an occupational health expert from the University of Queensland. She will talk about the effects of working under continued stress on the safety, health and wellbeing of workers.
  • Well-known football identity Kevin Sheedy. He will talk about the importance of good workplace safety leadership, teamwork and consultation to make sure workers 'come home safe'.

Plenary speakers include Clive Brown, Chair of the National Mine Safety Framework Steering Group and Tony Cooke, Chair of the Commission for Occupational Safety and Health.

For more information visit www.docep.wa.gov.au/WorkSafe/Content/Education/WorkSafe%20Forums/index.htm

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