{"id":10695,"date":"2017-02-02T01:28:10","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T14:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aebn.com.au\/?post_type=tribe_events&amp;p=10695"},"modified":"2017-02-02T01:28:10","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T14:28:10","slug":"effective-tools-for-communicating-with-the-regulators-workshop-pm-half-day-august-26-2015","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/aebn.com.au\/aebn-events\/event\/effective-tools-for-communicating-with-the-regulators-workshop-pm-half-day-august-26-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Effective tools for Communicating with the Regulators WORKSHOP &#8211; PM Half Day, March 31, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Scroll down for Program and Details<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Presented by the<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Australian Environment Business Network (AEBN)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8544\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aebn.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/AEBN_A_col.gif\" alt=\"Australian Environment Business Network (AEBN)\" width=\"159\" height=\"60\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0In association with<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Proud Workshop Partners<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/guthrie-legal.com\/\">Guthrie Legal<\/a>\u00a0 AND\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/vcec.com.au\/\">V &amp; C Environmental Consultants\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/guthrie-legal.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13537\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aebn.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Guthrie-Lawyers-small.png\" alt=\"Guthrie Legal\" width=\"159\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vcec.com.au\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13844\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aebn.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/VCEC-Vic-Natoli-e1487567708477.jpg\" alt=\"V&amp;C Environmental Consultants\" width=\"180\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>How\u00a0prepared are you <\/strong><strong>to respond to a visit and\u00a0investigation by the Environment and Safety Regulators?\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">This Workshop will identify and explore &#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Who are\u00a0the Environment and Safety Regulators; \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">How do these Regulators\u00a0 operate in different states; <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">What are their powers in each jurisdiction\u00a0including their powers of entry, search and seizure&#8230;;\u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Understand your legal rights and obligations, <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">How you should respond to the Regulators,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">and much more.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The Workshop will provide important information and practical tips for communicating with the Regulators to minimise risk to your organisation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #008000;\">PROGRAM<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The Workshop will cover:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Effective communication with the Regulator = minimises legal risk<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The current regulatory enforcement landscape:\n<ul>\n<li>Who are the environmental and safety Regulators?<\/li>\n<li>Trends in enforcement activities<\/li>\n<li>Current areas of focus for EPAs<\/li>\n<li>Some recent case examples of poor communication which has lead to significant enforcement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>What to do when things go wrong &#8211;<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>An overview\u00a0of the powers of the Environmental Regulator<\/li>\n<li>Your organisations and Director&#8217;s obligations and Rights<\/li>\n<li>What you should do when\u00a0things do go wrong<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Environmental Investigation by the Regulator &#8211;\u00a0Communicating with Regulators after an environmental incident or environmental non compliance<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The investigation process<\/li>\n<li>Your rights in the investigations<\/li>\n<li>Answering questions &#8211; <em>what should you say<\/em> and <em>what you should not<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Attending interviews by the Regulator<\/li>\n<li>Producing documentation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dealing with the Safety Regulator and why it is important to understand the difference<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>What to do when an Inspector calls<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Site preservation obligations<\/li>\n<li>Do&#8217;s and Don&#8217;ts<\/li>\n<li>What are your Rights?<\/li>\n<li>Offences against inspectors<\/li>\n<li>Separate representation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Practical legal tips for effective Communication<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Legal privilege &#8211; what is it and how does it work?<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Voluntary environmental audits &#8211; benefits and perils<\/li>\n<li>Practical tips for maintaining privilege<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Case study on &#8216;Understanding your Regulators&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Presenters<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Facilitator:\u00a0 Tina Khoury &#8211; CEO Australian Environment Business Network (AEBN)<\/li>\n<li>Gabrielle Guthrie &#8211; Principal, Guthrie Legal<\/li>\n<li>Vic Natoli &#8211; Director, V &amp; C Environmental Consultants<\/li>\n<li>Louise Hicks &#8211;\u00a0Barrister<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Networking Opportunities<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A comprehensive set of course notes will be provided to all delegates as well as\u00a0the opportunity to Network with presenters and delegates during AEBN&#8217;s Networking refreshment breaks (morning tea and lunch).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Details<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How prepared are you to respond to a visit and investigation by the Environment and Safety Regulators?  <\/p>\n<p>The Australians Environment Business Network (AEBN) has developed this workshop to identify and explore who the Environment and Safety Regulators are; How these Regulators operate in different states; What are the powers of the Environment and Safety Regulators across jurisdictions that include their powers of entry, search and seizure&#8230;;  Understand your legal rights and obligations; Critical information and practical tips for effective communication with the Regulators to minimise risk to your organisation.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-10695","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aebn.com.au\/aebn-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/10695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aebn.com.au\/aebn-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aebn.com.au\/aebn-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aebn.com.au\/aebn-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aebn.com.au\/aebn-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/10695\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aebn.com.au\/aebn-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aebn.com.au\/aebn-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10695"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aebn.com.au\/aebn-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=10695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}