OHS Rules in Australia
It is more than five years since harmonised health and safety legislation was introduced across Australia with the exception of Victoria and West Australia. In other jurisdictions a variant of Safe Work Australia‘s model legislation came into effect on the first of January 2012. It has subsequently been updated with the most recent version released […]
Recruitment and Training – one coin, two sides
It is not always practical to recruit for skill as we know but I’d argue it’s not always desirable either. All organisations are attracted to the idea of recruiting those with the right certifications and skills, but with ever more understanding of more subtle traits that are at least as important (such as management potential, […]
Online Training: how the scam operates
A look at some of the training sector’s darkest secrets… Today I spoke to the victim of a very cunning scam. There’s no other way I can describe his experience. After signing up with a supplier and paying, the product delivered to the customer’s business didn’t work. So bad was it that by the time […]
What on earth was he thinking??
“Disgraced former Education Department official facing criminal charges for corruption”. He stole millions of dollars from the state’s schools and spent them on restaurants, wine, parties. And now prison, public humiliation, condemnation and a long career in ruins. What on earth was he thinking? It is easy to dismiss this person as a crook, as […]
Compliance musings as I circumnavigate the bay
I am a pilot. A year ago, I decided I wanted to fly a plane. I did it because I have one leg… people assumed flying wasn’t an option for me. So of course I had to do it. Going back to “school” at the age of fifty has been a learning experience in so […]
