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The next era of safety: from compliance to capability

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​Australia’s safety and compliance landscape is changing faster than at any point in the past two decades.

Major infrastructure builds, economic recovery, rapid renewable-energy expansion, and new environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosure obligations have merged to redefine what it means to lead in safety, and reshape how construction leaders manage risk onsite and across supply chains.

This shift changes how project managers, engineers, operations teams, and health, safety, and environment (HSE) teams lead safe and productive workforces. Compliance remains essential, yet capability is quickly becoming the measure that separates high-performing organisations from those struggling to keep pace.

This eBook outlines the five forces reshaping the profession and introduces the 5C Model for the future of safety, a framework built on validated data from Safe Work Australia, the Australian Institute of Health and Safety (AIHS), and Manpower’s proprietary analytics.

The message is simple: capability, not compliance, is now the defining measure of success.

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