What WHS law expects, and how to manage the risks, for safety leaders in mining and high-hazard industries.
AI can now redraft a critical risk register, a bowtie or a suite of procedures in minutes. Rostering, dispatch and fatigue platforms decide who works where, and for how long. Cameras, wearables and telematics watch work as it happens. Each of these changes how work gets done, and each brings risks that WHS duties already cover.
NSW has gone further, naming digital work systems in its WHS laws. Whether or not WA follows, the questions for safety leaders here are the same: which systems are we running, what risks do they create, who checks what the technology produces, and how do we consult people about tools they may not fully understand?
Following our Sydney roundtable in October, PKG Safety Innovation™ and Johnson Winter Slattery are co-hosting a small, invitation-only session in Perth for senior WHS, risk, legal and technology leaders in mining, METS, energy, utilities, rail and other high-hazard industries. The discussion will explore:
- What counts as a digital work system, from rostering, dispatch and fatigue platforms to the AI inside your safety software, and the psychosocial risks these systems can create
- AI-generated critical risk content: how to consult on, govern and implement changes that can now be produced in minutes
- Human oversight that matches the consequence, without making “check every output” a hazard in itself
- AI in incident investigations: recommendations, records and legal professional privilege
- What NSW’s law means for national and WA operations, and how WA’s WHS framework compares
Cam will co-host the roundtable with Alena Titterton, Partner and Head of Work Health and Safety at Johnson Winter Slattery.
Event: AI, digital work systems and critical risk roundtable
Hosts: PKG Safety Innovation and Johnson Winter Slattery
When: Thursday 19 November 2026, 8:30am to 10:00am
Where: Perth CBD
Format: Fireside chat and open discussion over breakfast
Register: Places are limited and by invitation. To request a place, contact us.
