Development of a new Australian Work Health and Safety Strategy

Link to Australian Work Health and Safety Strategy 2012-2022.

Introduction

SWA Member (name)

Did the Strategy influence your jurisdiction/organisation’s strategic agenda, strategic planning documents and/or WHS initiatives over the past 9 years?

If yes, how?

Did you feel accountability for implementing the Strategy?

Was the Strategy appropriately pitched for a national level strategy e.g. does it inform and complement, not overlap with, your own WHS strategies/approaches?

Which stakeholder/s do you consider benefitted most from the Strategy?

Was the identification of priority industries and/or conditions (p.17) useful or not?

Were the targets under the Strategy (p.7) a meaningful and accurate measure of performance and impact (noting the mid-term review identified the challenge of requiring performance indicators for all areas of the Strategy)?

Was the structure of the Strategy useful and meaningful ie. purpose/principles/vision/2022 outcomes/2022 targets/action areas/priorities?

What is your view of the annual reporting process (p.18) in terms of impact and as a performance indicator?

Is the 10 year duration optimum?

Why/why not?

Was the Strategy sufficiently flexible to accommodate the changing employment and industrial landscape, including new and emerging issues, since 2012?

What shortcomings, if any, do you see in the current strategy?

Were there features of the current Strategy that worked well and should be considered for inclusion in the new Strategy?

Are there any other comments you would like to make?