In light of the Special Ministerial Inquiry into the workplace culture of the Office of the Children’s Guardian (OCG), the OCG have started steps to energise workplace health and safety (WHS). A key part to this is electing Health and Safety Representatives (HSR).

HSRs are empowered to raise concerns around WHS and have legislated rights to take proactive measures in keeping staff safe. These reps are nominated by staff and must undertake specific training in order to hold the role.

In an email on Friday 10 October 2025 the OCG has made some suggestions, and asked for your feedback on workgroups and how best to implement a stronger, more proactive approach.

We support this step and would like to meet with members and our WHS Specialist to discuss options and how to get the best and most out of HSRs. We want to hear your ideas and feed it back, as you are best placed to advise how to help.

PSA members meeting

We will be hosting a Members Meeting via Teams on Tuesday 21 October (details below).

Meeting details

Date Tuesday 21 October 2025

Time 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Location Microsoft Teams

Join the meeting now

Meeting ID 416 035 137 538 4

Passcode e5yo7u8Y

We encourage you to ask others to join the PSA and the meeting, as the more you engage and are active in WHS, the better the culture and workplace can be.

Contact

Graydon Welsh Industrial Officer
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