Victorian WorkCover Authority
The Victorian WorkCover Authority, trading as WorkSafe Victoria, is a statutory authority of the Victorian state government that regulates workplace health and safety and administers Victoria's workers' compensation scheme, providing workplace injury insurance and supporting injured workers' recovery and return to work.www.worksafe.vic.gov.au
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Oct 29, 2026
Jon HillisHOST
The employer representative was not dismissive.
Jon HillisHOST
They were not arguing with us or performing the traditional workplace ritual of suddenly discovering an intense passion for safety because WorkSafe had arrived.
Jon HillisHOST
I genuinely believed they wanted to improve the workplace.
Jon HillisHOST
So we started somewhere.
speaker_1UNKNOWN
Workplace incidents, prosecutions, leadership failures and the risk controls that should have mattered.
Jon HillisHOST
Welcome back to Safety John, the real risk podcast.
Jon HillisHOST
I'm Safety John, a safety professional and former WorkSafe inspector.
Jon HillisHOST
Today we're talking about improvement notices, what they actually mean once one lands in your organisation, and why treating statutory enforcement like another safety action can become an expensive mistake.
Niki VincentGUEST
water corporations, transport bodies, courts, arts and cultural organisations like NGV, Arts Centre Melbourne, the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, the State Library, public libraries all report under the legislation.
Niki VincentGUEST
And it also includes other regulators like WorkSafe Victoria, EnergySafe Victoria and the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission.
Niki VincentGUEST
Lots of regulators also report under the legislation.
Niki VincentGUEST
Yeah, it's the people that, you know, our nurses, our paramedics, our train drivers, police, teachers, firefighters, academics, librarians and council workers, really.
Narelle FraserGUEST
I don't see her anymore.
Narelle FraserGUEST
But she helped me enormously, as did, I don't say a lot of good things about WorkCover, but WorkCover was really good with, they got me into the Austin Hospital, PTSD course and that was a game changer for me that made me realize how sick I was that's when I accepted that I was really sick that I did need help and that I couldn't do it on my own I couldn't recover to the point I am now on my own and I needed intervention professional intervention so that's a very long answer to a very short question
Alex CearnsHOST
No, I think it's a really important point you make too that I have the utmost respect for you because you also sought help and you've continued to work on yourself and, you know, make sure that you can still live a fulfilling life after all the trauma you've experienced.
Alex CearnsHOST
Do you find that talking about your career and the things that you witnessed and, you know, worked on relives it all the time? Or is it like, you know, problem, as they're saying, a problem shared is a problem halved.
IvanHOST
Some people are paying or charging rates that we used to get like seven, eight years ago.
IvanHOST
And how do you survive when everything else has gone up so much? The Goddings Rock Bank is saying, there you go, Ivan, 44% on costs in Victoria with WorkCover insurance means $140 an hour is only $100 effective labor rate.
IvanHOST
That's exactly it.
IvanHOST
That is actually, that's a good point.
Luke GrantHOST
We don't, [chuckles] we don't want, uh, entrepreneurship in Australia to become something that's seen as impossible, uh, because if we're not at the end, that gets us there.
Luke GrantHOST
Now, late in 2024, WorkSafe Victoria paid a surprise visit to a Melbourne business.
Luke GrantHOST
They were there to audit the hazardous materials on site.
Luke GrantHOST
Plenty of business owners would've seen a headache with this, but one family saw an opportunity.
Luke GrantHOST
because if we're not at the end, that gets us there.
Luke GrantHOST
Now, late in 2024, WorkSafe Victoria paid a surprise visit to a Melbourne business.
Luke GrantHOST
They were there to audit the hazardous materials on site.
Luke GrantHOST
Plenty of business owners would have seen a headache with this, but one family saw an opportunity.
Deanne BannatyneGUEST
So yes, you might have a terminal where you're doing your standard private health insurance claiming and payments on the terminal.
Deanne BannatyneGUEST
But then you might also be doing WorkSafe or TAC or other types of claiming as well NDIS and perhaps you're doing that in a manual way.
Deanne BannatyneGUEST
And in fact, when we speak with those schemes or those other insurers, we hear that there's still quite a lot of manual claims that are being submitted either by consumers themselves, patients themselves, or indeed by practitioners.
Deanne BannatyneGUEST
So having a think about how you can leverage the technology that's available to you in order to drive more efficiency and make sure that then that's scalable across your business as you grow.
Murray WattPANELIST
Uh, we take all matters of fraud extremely seriously, particularly where it's matters-- linked to matters of safety.
Murray WattPANELIST
I'm aware that the Australian Skills and Quality, uh, Authority is working closely with, with Victoria Police and WorkSafe Victoria and contributing to Taskforce Hawk.
Murray WattPANELIST
Investigations are ongoing in this matter, and, uh, as further updates are able to be provided, we will do so.
Sue LinesMODERATOR
Thank you, Minister.
Sue LinesMODERATOR
Thank you, Senator Hume.
Sue LinesMODERATOR
Minister Watt.
Murray WattPANELIST
Um, well, as I said in my previous answer, uh, the Australian Skills and Qualifications Authority is working closely with Victoria Police, WorkSafe Victoria, and contributing to Taskforce Hawk.
Murray WattPANELIST
Now, Taskforce Hawk, of course, was established, uh, by the Victoria Police, uh, to investigate a range of corruption allegations and criminality allegations made against a range of participants in the Victorian construction industry, including some from unions and including some from employers as well.
Richard HudsonCORRESPONDENT
So the South Australian government recently announced it has decided to delay the implementation of those new workplace exposure limits for phosphine by about 18 months.
Richard HudsonCORRESPONDENT
And back in August, you might remember WorkSafe Victoria announced it has proposed to delay commencement of, well, 15 of the new exposure limits by three years.
Richard HudsonCORRESPONDENT
Shadow Minister for Agriculture here in WA, Lachlan Hunter, is calling on our state government to follow suit in some way, shape or form.
Richard HudsonCORRESPONDENT
In other words, delay implementing the new grain dust and phosphine exposure limits.
Nick McKenzieGUEST
Uh, how bad is this issue? Where have the authorities been? Well, we know police are well and truly are working hard and doing a good job.
Nick McKenzieGUEST
But we have a WorkSafe, uh, health and safety regulator, WorkSafe Victoria in this state.
Nick McKenzieGUEST
Uh, this lies in its belly.
Nick McKenzieGUEST
Where, where, where has it been? And the opposition overnight has said if, if it wins power at the next election, it will be expanding the royal commission to make sure it's a dedicated focus to ask that question ab- of the WorkSafe, uh, health and regulator.
Ross StevensonHOST
Can I ask a question going on from this? And tell me to go away, Nick.
Ross StevensonHOST
Do you anticipate that in six weeks' time, The Age will have an editorial saying that Labor should be voted out of office?
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