I want to start with a number. 28.5%. That is the proportion of Australians who have experienced child sexual abuse, according to the 2023 Australian Child Maltreatment Study. Of those, approximately 75% experienced it more than once. These are not rare events. This is not a problem confined to certain families or certain communities. This […]
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I’ve had the same conversation twice this week. Once with a childcare client — a capable, committed team doing genuinely good work with children every day. And again at the Local Government People & Safety Conference, standing in a room full of HR professionals and people managers from councils across Queensland. In both conversations, the
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Mental health in the workplace is no longer a “nice to have” conversation — it is a business-critical priority. In a recent HR Bites webinar, I explored the role of Mental Health First Aid at Work within a broader workplace mental health strategy, and the practical steps employers can take to manage psychological risk, meet
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