Advisory Panel
We've built an independent Advisory Panel for the Hunter Safety Awards — a group of local WHS professionals who'll help make sure that when someone wins, it means something.
For over a decade, the Hunter Safety Awards has celebrated WHS excellence across the region. But recognition only means something when people trust how it's decided — and we've heard, clearly, that trust needs rebuilding.
So from 2027, we're introducing an independent Advisory Panel: local WHS professionals with no sponsorship ties, no conflicts of interest, and no agenda beyond making sure the right people get recognised for the right reasons.
Our Vision
To be the Hunter Region's leading platform for recognising, celebrating and advancing workplace health and safety excellence.
Our Mission
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Recognise genuine WHS excellence, wherever it happens.
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Celebrate the people and teams behind it.
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Connect the Hunter Region's WHS community year-round.
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Inspire safety leadership at every level — from the boardroom to the frontline.
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Advance the standard of workplace health and safety across the region.
Our Values
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Integrity — recognition that is earned, not purchased.
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Community — a platform built with and for the Hunter WHS community.
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Innovation — celebrating what goes beyond compliance.
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Transparency — visible process, visible people, visible criteria.
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Continuous Improvement — the Awards hold themselves to the same standard they ask of nominees.
Meet the Panel
Alanna
Ball
Managing Director, Hunter Safety Awards
Founder, Women in Safety
I work in WHS because I believe people deserve more than simply coming home safe. They deserve to work in organisations where they are heard, valued and protected — where good work doesn’t come at the expense of their health, safety or wellbeing. But what has kept me in WHS is the opportunity to influence something bigger.
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