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<site xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">120229704</site>	<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><copyright>Workplace Safety Services P/L</copyright><itunes:keywords>safety,workplace,occupational,health</itunes:keywords><itunes:summary>Interviews and news related to workplace safety</itunes:summary><itunes:subtitle>SafetyAtWork Podcast</itunes:subtitle><itunes:category text="Business"><itunes:category text="Business News"/></itunes:category><itunes:author>Kevin Jones</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:email>jonesk99@gmail.com</itunes:email><itunes:name>Kevin Jones</itunes:name></itunes:owner><item>
		<title>The Real Groundhog Day: Reports Change, Systems Don’t</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Psychological health in the emergency services has come to the fore recently as governments pay more attention to using occupational health and safety (OHS) to push employers to prevent psychosocial hazards. In the emergency services, psychosocial hazards such as trauma cannot all be prevented; the best that can be achieved is lowering these risks as &#8230; <a href="https://safetyatworkblog.com/2026/06/09/the-real-groundhog-day-reports-change-systems-dont/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "The Real Groundhog Day: Reports Change, Systems Don’t"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">110978</post-id>	<dc:creator>jonesk99@gmail.com (Kevin Jones)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>The Conference That Examined Workplace Bullying but Not Why It Happens (Not Yet)</title>
		<link>https://safetyatworkblog.com/2026/06/05/the-conference-that-examined-workplace-bullying-but-not-why-it-happens-not-yet/</link>
		
		
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am not sure that the &#8220;Why&#8221; was discussed enough at this global conference. The discussions in the sessions I sat in were dominated by people trying to clarify what bullying and harassment are and what variations nor subcultures there are, or what sections of the community are most affected by workplace bullying and harassment. &#8230; <a href="https://safetyatworkblog.com/2026/06/05/the-conference-that-examined-workplace-bullying-but-not-why-it-happens-not-yet/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "The Conference That Examined Workplace Bullying but Not Why It Happens (Not Yet)"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">110967</post-id>	<dc:creator>jonesk99@gmail.com (Kevin Jones)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>If We Want Change, We Need to Lobby the People Who Call the Shots</title>
		<link>https://safetyatworkblog.com/2026/06/04/if-we-want-change-we-need-to-lobby-the-people-who-call-the-shots/</link>
		
		
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have been trying to challenge some of the speakers at this week&#8217;s conference of the International Association on Workplace Bullying and Harassment to think further. In a panel discussion on day one, I asked why party politics is not being discussed. The panellists were gracious in responding and challenged my thinking. Many conference speakers &#8230; <a href="https://safetyatworkblog.com/2026/06/04/if-we-want-change-we-need-to-lobby-the-people-who-call-the-shots/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "If We Want Change, We Need to Lobby the People Who Call the Shots"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">110963</post-id>	<dc:creator>jonesk99@gmail.com (Kevin Jones)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>New Industries, Like AI, Treat Regulation Like an Optional Extra</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 21:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the movie “Working Girl”, Melanie Griffith’s character reveals how she connected merger opportunities when flipping through a magazine. Today’s Australian Financial Review (AFR) presented a similar set of thoughts on psychosocial hazards and Artificial Intelligence (AI). This connection had the added heft of quotes from prominent Australian lawyer, Michael Tooma. On page 11 of &#8230; <a href="https://safetyatworkblog.com/2026/06/02/new-industries-like-ai-that-treat-regulation-like-an-optional-extra/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "New Industries, Like AI, Treat Regulation Like an Optional Extra"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">110956</post-id>	<dc:creator>jonesk99@gmail.com (Kevin Jones)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>Seeing Productivity Differently = Social Maturity</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 22:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The impact of announcements made by the Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers in his 2026 Budget is settling, even though some media outlets will not let the supposed injustice die. But a core argument of the Treasurer&#8217;s was to improve Australia&#8217;s productivity, and occupational health and safety (OHS) is inseparable from productivity. And perhaps how we &#8230; <a href="https://safetyatworkblog.com/2026/06/01/seeing-productivity-differently-social-maturity/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Seeing Productivity Differently = Social Maturity"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">110950</post-id>	<dc:creator>jonesk99@gmail.com (Kevin Jones)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>The Real Risk of AI Is Who Gets to Decide</title>
		<link>https://safetyatworkblog.com/2026/05/27/the-real-risk-of-ai-is-who-gets-to-decide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 23:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sarah O’Connor has written an interesting book on artificial intelligence (AI) and work. According to a newspaper review of the book, which is to be released in a couple of weeks, O’Connor says that AI is not the existential threat that some fear and that AI advocates promote. “What makes the difference, according to O’Connor, &#8230; <a href="https://safetyatworkblog.com/2026/05/27/the-real-risk-of-ai-is-who-gets-to-decide/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "The Real Risk of AI Is Who Gets to Decide"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">110936</post-id>	<dc:creator>jonesk99@gmail.com (Kevin Jones)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>The Unreasonable Work Burden We Place on the People We Rely on Most</title>
		<link>https://safetyatworkblog.com/2026/05/25/the-unreasonable-work-burden-we-place-on-the-people-we-rely-on-most/</link>
		
		
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 23:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Recently, Dr Kat Page wrote about the systems of work faced by emergency service workers that create unacceptable psychosocial hazards and mental harm. Her systems-based approach, best explained in her book &#8220;Good Work: Transform Your Work from the Inside Out&#8220;, remains surprising to many but is hopefully prompting people to think more deeply about work, &#8230; <a href="https://safetyatworkblog.com/2026/05/25/the-unreasonable-work-burden-we-place-on-the-people-we-rely-on-most/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "The Unreasonable Work Burden We Place on the People We Rely on Most"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">110937</post-id>	<dc:creator>jonesk99@gmail.com (Kevin Jones)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>Australia Can’t Reform Its Economy While Ignoring the Health of Its Workers</title>
		<link>https://safetyatworkblog.com/2026/05/21/australia-cant-reform-its-economy-while-ignoring-the-health-of-its-workers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 04:50:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Recently, Australia&#8217;s Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, released his 2026 Budget. Other than better availability of Australian Standards, there was little in it that directly affects workplace health and safety. But perhaps we need to look at this in a broader socioeconomic and political context. I have revisited many of the Jim Chalmers-themed articles from the last &#8230; <a href="https://safetyatworkblog.com/2026/05/21/australia-cant-reform-its-economy-while-ignoring-the-health-of-its-workers/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Australia Can’t Reform Its Economy While Ignoring the Health of Its Workers"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">110919</post-id>	<dc:creator>jonesk99@gmail.com (Kevin Jones)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>The Real Reasons Workload Harm Persists in Modern Workplaces</title>
		<link>https://safetyatworkblog.com/2026/05/20/the-real-reasons-workload-harm-persists-in-modern-workplaces/</link>
		
		
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 22:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This year, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has released excellent information on psychosocial hazards at work to support the World Day for Safety and Health at Work. (Australian researchers seem to have been instrumental in the report) I read the report, looking for more upstream concerns, such as political and socioeconomic factors that lead employers &#8230; <a href="https://safetyatworkblog.com/2026/05/20/the-real-reasons-workload-harm-persists-in-modern-workplaces/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "The Real Reasons Workload Harm Persists in Modern Workplaces"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">110853</post-id>	<dc:creator>jonesk99@gmail.com (Kevin Jones)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>Generational Change is Coming for OHS Whether We Like It or Not</title>
		<link>https://safetyatworkblog.com/2026/05/19/generational-change-is-coming-for-ohs-whether-we-like-it-or-not/</link>
		
		
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 20:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Occupational health and safety (OHS) in Australia frothed up big time about Hollnagel&#8216;s Safety II approach and the Safety Differently movement. But as with most things OHS, the general approach was self-confined to the immediate systems of work, rather than considering the system of work as integral to the system of business or society generally. &#8230; <a href="https://safetyatworkblog.com/2026/05/19/generational-change-is-coming-for-ohs-whether-we-like-it-or-not/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Generational Change is Coming for OHS Whether We Like It or Not"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">110916</post-id>	<dc:creator>jonesk99@gmail.com (Kevin Jones)</dc:creator></item>
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