1st Edition
Understanding Criminal Liability for Workplace Harm in Australia The Reasonably Practicable Standard
Part 1: Fatalities and Industrial Manslaughter. 1. When the Risk Was Already Known. 2. Negligence Without Excuse. 3. Normalised Danger. 4. Warning Ignored. 5. The Weight of Youth. 6.The Ramp Was the Risk. 7. Recklessness Without Drama. 8. A Space Misnamed. Part 2: Officer Prosecutions. 9. Delegation Is Not Due Diligence. 10. When the Officer Becomes the Hazard. 11. Absence Is Not Neutral. 12. Paper Safe Is Not Safe. 13. When Culture Becomes the Control Failure. 14. When Leadership Is the Hazard. Part 3: Psychosocial Prosecutions. 15. Psychological Injury Is Not an Afterthought. 16. The Warnings Were Already There. 17. Silence Is Not Consent. 18. Harm Alone Is Not Enough. 19. Control Without Consistency. 20. The Point Where Courts Stop.
Biography
Tom Bourne is an Australian work health and safety professional with more than two decades of experience advising organisations on risk management, safety culture, and legal accountability. His work spans high-hazard industries including construction, manufacturing, resources, and professional services. He is the host of Voices from the Edge, a podcast exploring the human dimensions of workplace harm through conversations with regulators, legal practitioners, frontline workers, and organisational leaders. His approach to safety is built on first principles: understanding how courts interpret duty, how organisations create the conditions for harm, and how leaders at every level can think more clearly about decisions that will later be scrutinised. He is a recognised voice in the Australian WHS community.
