Get involved in work health and safety this October

This October is Safe Work Australia Month (safety month) - a time to promote the importance and raise the awareness of work health and safety in Australia.

As part of safety month Safe Work Australia is hosting the first Australian Work Health and Safety Strategy Virtual Seminar Series (VSS) - a free online event aimed at those with an interest in work health and safety.

The VSS supports the Australian Work Health and Safety Strategy 2012-2022 - the 10-year framework for improvements in work health and safety - and its vision: healthy, safe and productive working lives.

Each weekday in October the VSS will showcase some of the latest work health and safety thinking, developments, innovations and research by work health and safety regulators, experts, business leaders and academics.

The themes for the VSS are:

• leadership and culture,
• responsive and effective regulation,
• agriculture and road freight transport industries, and
• small business.

The details for the VSS will be available through the Safe Work Australia Safety Month smartphone app, which can be downloaded from the Apple App store or through Google Play by searching for “Safe Work Australia Safety Month”.

For more information on Safe Work Australia Month, the VSS or to download the draft program, visit www.swa.gov.au.