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Health and Safety Conversations

Conversations centered on safety with interesting guests from a wide variety of industries. Taking safety topics and applying them to real workplaces with real people. Includes safety in all areas including community safety.

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58:53

Philip Lako

Health and Safety Conversations ·

2025/11/08

Born, into Mundari Culture in Jayi, a village in Kerchomba, north of Juba inSouth Sudan, Philip Lako’s childhood was marked by unimaginable hardship. At just 10 years old, he was forcibly taken by the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) under the guise of receiving an education. His parents were given ultimatum, by the rebels group to give away one of their sons. Philip and his elder brother, Wani. Philip became the choice and was taken. He endured a decade of captivity, facing torture, beating,

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43:09

Dr Alexander Paselk

Health and Safety Conversations ·

2025/10/18

Dr. Alexander Paselk is a German national whose life and work stretch across continents and, really, across different worlds of thought. He lives in North America now, though much of his work takes him to the Middle East. That mix, the contrast, the constant switching of environments, it’s shaped the way he leads and how he sees people. Over time, it’s become something of a personal compass: learning to read context, to adjust, and to listen first.He didn’t actually start in safety. His early

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Susan Fleming ACT Hindsight

Health and Safety Conversations ·

2025/10/12

Today’s guest is Susan Fleming, Managing Director of ACT Australia, a company that’s changing how we learn about safety and leadership through powerful storytelling and live performance. From programs like Hindsight to The Slip, Susan’s work turns real experiences into lessons that help teams lead, reflect, and make safer decisions.Book here: https://linktr.ee/actaustralia

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38:05

Dr Drew Rae

Health and Safety Conversations ·

2025/10/11

Dr Drew Rae is an Associate Professor in the Safety Science Innovation Lab at Griffith University, where he teaches courses on research methods and safety engineering, and manages the lab’s research program. Drew’s own research uses a mix of ethnography, field experiments and theory-building to investigate organisational safety practices. He is particularly interested in understanding the myths, rituals and bad habits that surround the work of managers and safety practitioners, and how this work

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33:55

Dr Sean Brady

Health and Safety Conversations ·

2025/10/04

I consider myself extremely blessed to have had a chat to one of my safety heroes, Dr Sean Brady.Dr Sean Brady is a forensic engineer who investigates engineering failures from a technical and organisational perspective. In 2020, he completed the Brady Review, an investigation into the causes of fatalities in the Queensland mining industry. The review was tabled in parliament and made 11 recommendations to the regulator and mining companies on how to improve safety. In 2024, he completed the

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37:00

Nathalie Martinek

Health and Safety Conversations ·

2025/09/27

Nathalie Martinek, PhD, helps people build relational leadership capacity and cultivate effective relationships in professional life, while also supporting those who’ve been scapegoated, sidelined, or harmed in environments that protect image over people. As a coach, she works with professionals to shift unhelpful relational patterns and navigate subtle power dynamics. As a group facilitator, she creates spaces for learning, applied reflection, and restoration. As a consultant, she helps

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21:24

Marc Miles and the Illusion of PD

Health and Safety Conversations ·

2025/09/20

In this episode Marc and I discuss some of the challenges around trainer PD in the VET sector. Marc Miles is a career presenter and trainer. He has written a book on Advanced Facilitation Skills, and for over a decade, has taught public speaking skills, and content from the Training and Education Training Package for Australian Vocational Education and Training. During his time in the Vocational Education and Training sector, Marc has taught the TAE package over 500 times to people all around

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30:18

Amanda Amaral

Health and Safety Conversations ·

2025/09/13

Amanda Amaral is a safety professional turned entrepreneur, with over a decade of experience in high-risk industries including Oil & Gas, Maritime, and Transport & Logistics. Throughout her career, she worked hands-on at the frontline, from offshore seismic vessels to logistics hubs, helping organisations reduce risk, improve training, and engage their people in safety outcomes.In 2025, she co-founded GotSafe Media, a company dedicated to transforming workplace health and safety

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57:24

Sarah Barnbrook

Health and Safety Conversations ·

2025/09/06

Sarah Barnbrook is an award-winning advocate, international speaker, and best-sellingauthor who is passionate about preventing harm in the digital world. She is the Founder of Away From Keyboard (AFK) Inc., a charity that delivers workshops, personalised support, and peer group sessions to help families and communities build safer online experiences. AFK’s work goes beyond advocacy, with Sarah leading policy submissions, government reporting, and initiatives that influence safety frameworks

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57:13

Sally North - Western Australia's Worksafe Commissioner

Health and Safety Conversations ·

2025/08/30

Truly honoured to have Sally North grace our podcast, and our home. Unprecedented. Sally North is the WorkSafe Commissioner in Western Australia, having acted in the role for about a year before being formally appointed in July 2024. In this role she is the work health and safety regulator for the resources and general industries sectors. Commencing as an inspector, Sally has over twenty years’ experience at WorkSafe in operational and leadership roles and previously worked in the private sector in

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44:46

Michelle Stephenson

Health and Safety Conversations ·

2025/08/16

Michelle is an endorsed Organisational Psychologist and works for FIFO Focus and PerMentis. She has experience in mental health assessment and treatment, psychosocial risk management, trauma-informed care auditing and training, recruitment and selection and psychometric assessment, in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors.In recent years, Michelle has worked alongside mining organisations to support psychosocial hazard risk management. She has supported individuals and consulted to

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41:53

Sandra Lam

Health and Safety Conversations ·

2025/08/09

Sandra Lam is an endorsed Organisational Psychologist and the Managing Director of FIFO Focus and Permentis. With over two decades of experience across public and private sectors in Australia and internationally, Sandra is recognised for her expertise in psychosocial risk, organisational wellbeing, and shaping positive workplace cultures.Through FIFO Focus, she works closely with the mining and remote workforce sectors, providing psychosocial risk management training and services, trauma-informed

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55:28

Nektarios Karanikas

Health and Safety Conversations ·

2025/08/02

Dr Nektarios Karanikas is Associate Professor in the Health, Safety and Environment discipline of the School of Public Health & Social Work (Faculty of Health) in the Queensland University of Technology (AU). Before his current appointment, he was Associate Professor of Safety and Human Factors at the Aviation Academy of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (NL). He studied MSc Human Factors and Safety Assessment in Aeronautics at Cranfield University (UK), and he was awarded his

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49:14

Andreas Landwehr

Health and Safety Conversations ·

2025/07/26

Andreas Landwehr is a German journalist who worked for 30 years as Beijing Bureau Chief and also as Head of the Asia-Pacific region for dpa, the German Press Agency (Deutsche Presse-Agentur), until 2023. Since 2005, he has been covering G7 and G20 summits, focusing on trade and development issues, climate policy, and Asia.The former US correspondent began reporting from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Mongolia in 1993. In 2011, he received the Liberty Award from the German Reemtsma Foundation for his

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33:07

John Cherrie

Health and Safety Conversations ·

2025/07/19

Professor John Cherrie graduated in Physics from Edinburgh University and went to work at the Institute of Occupational Medicine. His early career involved measuring exposure to airborne fibres, both asbestos and man-made mineral fibres. The latter work was in support of a large European epidemiology study coordinated by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. John developed an interest in occupational hygiene, and the science behind occupational exposure to harmful agents. In 1991 he

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32:19

Marc Miles - Difficult Conversations and Situations

Health and Safety Conversations ·

2025/07/12

In this episode Marc Miles & I discuss those difficult conversations and situations that occasionally occuring during training. Marc Miles is a career presenter and trainer. He has written a book on Advanced Facilitation Skills, and for over a decade, has taught public speaking skills, and content from the Training and Education Training Package for Australian Vocational Education and Training. During his time in the Vocational Education and Training sector, Marc has taught the TAE package over

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47:14

Lisette Kanse

Health and Safety Conversations ·

2025/06/28

Dr Lisette Kanse is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychological Science at the University of Western Australia (UWA) and the Course Coordinator of UWA’s Master of and Graduate Certificate in Business Psychology. She has worked as an academic and as a consultant/practitioner in a variety of industrial settings across Europe and Australia, including chemical industry, oil and gas, mining, rail transport, and healthcare settings.Having entered the field of work health and safety over 25 years

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40:31

Nova Gibson

Health and Safety Conversations ·

2025/06/21

Nova Gibson is director, founder and primary counsellor of Brighter Outlook Narcissistic Abuse Counselling Service and the go-to expert on narcissistic abuse recovery in Australia.She is the author of Australia's best-selling practical self help book of 2023, 'Fake Love - Understanding and Healing From Narcissistic Abuse' published by Harpercollins and the host of her own Podcast, Fake Love and Flying Monkeys.

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52:20

Tori Cooke

Health and Safety Conversations ·

2025/06/07

Tori Cooke is a thought leader in family and domestic violence practice, prevention, andsystems reform. With over 30 years of frontline social work and teaching experience, Tori is the Consultant/Practice Educator behind Pandora Projects - a feminist consultancy grounded in transformative education, reflective practice, and trauma-informed care. Her work and remit is passionately focused on practice and professional growth and development. Her experience spans the design and delivery of women’s

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30:06

Sarah Thomas - All that is NZ in safety catchup

Health and Safety Conversations ·

2025/05/31

A regular part of the podcast Sarah brings us news of what's happening in New Zealand in terms of safety and social issues.Sarah is a Health and Safety specialist, Professional Member of NZ Institute of Safety Management (ProfNZISM), Health & Safety Australia New Zealand Registered (HASANZ) and ANZCAL (Australia and New Zealand Coaching Alliance) accredited trainer. Sarah is an experience health and safety professional with over two decades of experience. With an outgoing personality and an

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