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Kris Cotter
Director / Principal Consultant
Synergy Safety Solutions
Kris Cotter is the Director of Synergy Safety Solutions and an award-winning workplace health and safety professional with nearly 20 years’ experience across construction, mining, energy and government environments. A former Principal Inspector with Workplace Health and Safety Queensland, Kris brings rare insight into how WHS risk and compliance are assessed by regulators and how those obligations must operate in practice within organisations.
Kris is a multiple award winner, including an International Stevie Award for Women of the Year – Industry, and is recognised for translating complex WHS legislation into practical systems that support both compliance and effective risk management.
SESSIONS
11:40
WHS Risk and Compliance: Building a regulator-ready psychosocial risk framework
Drawing on her experience as a former Principal Inspector with Workplace Health and Safety Queensland, Kris will unpack how regulators assess psychosocial hazards during investigations and what organisations must demonstrate to withstand scrutiny.
How psychosocial hazards are identified, assessed and documented under WHS legislation
What regulators expect to see in risk registers, consultation processes and control measures
What recent enforcement actions reveal about gaps in governance, supervision and oversight
How to design a practical, defensible WHS framework that integrates culture, leadership and legal compliance
Kris Cotter, Director / Principal Consultant, Synergy Safety Solutions