Work Health and Safety Contacts
General Email Enquiries
General Enquiries | safety@jcu.edu.au |
Rehabilitation | rehab@jcu.edu.au |
Biosafety | biosafety@jcu.edu.au |
Quarantine Import/Export Permits | importpermit@jcu.edu.au |
Training, Policy and Communications | whstraining@jcu.edu.au |
Contact the Work Health and Safety Team
Cairns Campus

Kara Carless
WHS Advisor
Room: 137, Building A1
Kara is responsible for:
- Work health and safety issues
- Risk management
- Incident and hazard management
- Incident investigations
- Auditing and inspections
- Construction safety

Antonella Cuneo
Support Officer
Room: 137, Building A1
Antonella is responsible for:
- General work health and safety issues
- Auditing and inspections
- Hazard reduction and reporting
- Minor incident investigations
Townsville Campus

Andrew Reddicliffe
Manager, Work Health and Safety Unit
Room: 220, Ken Back Chancellery Building
Andrew is responsible for:
- Work health and safety issues
- Risk management
- Incident and hazard management
- Incident investigations
- Auditing and inspections
- Construction safety
- Safety Advisor for Boating and Diving Advisory Committee

Drew Kleier
Occupational Hygienist
Room: 220, Ken Back Chancellery Building
Drew is responsible for:
- Hazardous chemicals
- Drugs and poisons
- Radiation safety
- Biosafety
- Asbestos management
- Quarantine
- Safety Advisor for Radiation and Biosafety Advisory Committees

Carlie Walker
Injury Prevention and Management Advisor
Room: 220, Ken Back Chancellery Building
Carlie is responsible for providing advice, assistance and training with respect to:
- Health management for compensable and non-compensable injuries and illness
- Injury prevention, including ergonomic workstation assessments, job task analysis, manual handling training, risk assessments for hazardous manual tasks, health and well being and vaccination.

Peta Millar
Injury Prevention and Management Advisor
Room: 220, Ken Back Chancellery Building
Peta is responsible for providing advice, training and assistance with respect to:
- Health management for compensable and non-compensable injuries and illness
- Injury prevention, including ergonomic workstation assessments, job task analysis, manual handling training, risk assessments for hazardous manual tasks, health and wellbeing and vaccination.

Raelene Fewquandie
Training and Communications Advisor
Room: 220, Ken Back Chancellery Building
Raelene is responsible for:
- Research, development and implementation of training, induction and communication methods
- Co-ordination of design, implementation and delivery of all WHS training, including JCU WHS Mandatory training requirements
- Review learning and development WHS needs through conducting training needs analysis for staff
- Development and delivery of a communications program of events and publications for WHS

Tania Thorburn
WHS Advisor (Controlled Entities)
Room: 220, Ken Back Chancellery Building
Tania is responsible for:
- Research, advise, develop and or integrate, implement, monitor and continually improve the WHS Management Systems for JCU Controlled Entities in consultation with relevant stakeholders within each functional level.
- Liaise with relevant stakeholders within JCU and JCU Controlled Entities to provide progress on continual improvement of WHS Management systems and ensure objectives and expectations of parties are met.

Kahlia Strid
Divisional Support Officer
Room: 220, Ken Back Chancellery Building
Kahlia is responsible for:
- Records management
- Team administration
- Secretariat to WHSAC advisory committee
- Work Health and Safety website maintenance

Sophia Burke
Support Officer
Room: 220, Ken Back Chancellery Building
Sophia is responsible for:
- General work health and safety issues
- Auditing and inspections
- Hazard reduction and reporting
- Minor incident investigations

Geoff Hueber
Support Officer (Emergency)
Room: 220, Ken Back Chancellery Building
Geoff is responsible for:
- Fire safety
- First aid
- Emergency capability
- Auditing and inspections