The Work Health and Safety (WHS) committee facilitates consultation between Finance, Parliamentarians, and MOP(S) Act employees. The committee works together on a broad range of work health and safety issues, including developing work health and safety policies. For more information, read the WHS committee terms of reference (see related resources).
Work health and safety committee members
The committee is made up of Health and Safety Representatives (HSRs) from each workgroup. Workgroups are based on party lines proportionate to the number of employee positions in each work group. The committee also includes union and management representatives.
For information read role of committee members and Health and Safety Representatives (see related resources).
For MOP(S) Act employees, the role of Staff Assistance Officer is generally undertaken by each work group’s HSR. SAOs are employees trained to provide information and support regarding bullying and harassment in the workplace.
Current HSRs and their contact details are listed below:
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Name |
Party and Office |
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Telephone |
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Luke Barnes |
Liberal Party of Australia Office of Mr Dave Sharma MP |
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Helen Lewis |
Liberal Party of Australia Office of the Hon Stuart Robert MP |
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Rosemary Little |
Liberal Party of Australia Office of the Hon Peter Dutton MP |
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Leonie Lloyd-Smith |
Liberal Party of Australia Office of Rowan Ramsey |
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| Jorden Gunton |
Liberal Party of Australia Office of Senator Wendy Askew |
jorden.gunton@aph.gov.au | 03 6331 8501 |
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Gai Coghlan |
Australian Labor Party Office of Mr Chis Hayes MP |
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Kate Sutherland |
Australian Labor Party Office of Ms Lisa Chesters MP |
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Brydan Toner |
Australian Labor Party Office of Dr Mike Freelander MP |
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Simon Kelly |
The Nationals Office of Mr Llew O'Brien MP |
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David Mejia-Canales |
Australian Greens Office of Senator Lidia Thorpe |
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Stella Weston-Smith |
Independent parliamentarians Office of Mr Andrew Wilkie MP |
Deputy Health and Safety Representatives (DHSR) only have voting rights at meetings if an HSR from the same workgroup is unable to attend.
Current DHSRs are listed below:
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Name |
Party |
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Telephone |
|---|---|---|---|
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Nikki Arnold |
Liberal Party of Australia Office of Trent Zimmerman |
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Katherine Gurbiel |
Australian Labor Party Office of Ms Madeleine King MP |
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Kate Boyd |
Australian Labor Party Office of the Hon Ed Husic MP |
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Cathy Heidrich |
The Nationals Office of the Hon Mark Coulton MP |
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Georgia Webster |
Australian Greens Office of Senator Lidia Thorpe |
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Kim York |
Independent parliamentarians Office of Senator Rex Patrick |
Current union representatives and their contact details are listed below:
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Name |
Party |
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Telephone |
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Poni Ravula |
United Services Union |
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Eleanor Kennedy |
Community and Public Sector Union |
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Vacant |
Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance |
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Vacant |
Australian Services Union |
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