Strong Safety Cultures in Action
What an incredible day at the Work Well Workplace Health and Safety Queensland Conference at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre.
Karen Maher was honoured to be invited as one of the keynote speakers alongside an outstanding line-up of safety leaders and industry experts.
The focus? Practical ideas to keep our people safe and healthy — not just in theory, but in real workplaces.
Strong Safety Cultures – Physical and Psychosocial
In line with the conference lens of health and safety, wellbeing, injury prevention and return to work (as outlined in the Speaker Briefing Note ), Karen’s keynote centred on:
- Building strong, proactive safety cultures
- Integrating physical and psychosocial risk management
- Leadership accountability before incidents occur
- Strengthening speak up cultures to prevent harm
Drawing on her background as an employment and WHS lawyer and investigator — including serious physical incident and psychosocial cases — Karen challenged leaders to move beyond compliance and focus on everyday safety behaviours that prevent injuries, harm and long-term impact.
Because strong cultures don’t just respond well.
They prevent well.
A huge thank you to the Work Well Queensland team for hosting such a high-impact event, to Brad Blaze for an unforgettable closing session, and to Chris Bombolas — a brilliant MC and always a pleasure to work with again.
Bringing Practical Safety Leadership to Your Event
Karen Maher delivers keynotes across Australia on:
- Integrated physical and psychosocial WHS
- Proactive safety leadership
- Fatigue, complacency and high-risk industries
- Speak up cultures that prevent harm
If you’re planning a safety conference, leadership forum or industry event, explore keynote topics at karenmaher.com.au/keynotes or contact the team to discuss your next event.
