Work Health and Safety Contacts

General Email Enquiries

General Enquiriessafety@jcu.edu.au
Rehabilitationrehab@jcu.edu.au
Biosafetybiosafety@jcu.edu.au
Quarantine Import/Export Permitsimportpermit@jcu.edu.au
Training, Policy and Communicationswhstraining@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

Nakita Pearce

Injury Prevention and Management Advisor

Room: 137, Building A1

Nakita is responsible for:

  • 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.

Townsville Campus

Andrew Reddicliffe

Manager, Work Health and Safety Unit

Building 39, Room 244

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

Building 39, Room 244

Drew is responsible for:


Sarah Gulbinas

Injury Prevention and Management Advisor

Building 39, Room 244

Sarah is responsible for:

  • 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.

Melissa Gallacher

Training and Communications Advisor

Building 39, Room 244

Melissa 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

Kahlia Strid

Support Officer

Building 39, Room 244

Kahlia is responsible for:

  • General work health and safety issues
  • Auditing and inspections
  • Hazard reduction and reporting
  • Minor incident investigations

Tania Thorburn

WHS Advisor (Controlled Entities)

Building 39, Room 244

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.

Sophia Burke

Support Officer

Building 39, Room 244

Sophia is responsible for:

  • General work health and safety issues
  • Auditing and inspections
  • Hazard reduction and reporting
  • Minor incident investigations

Zachary Holland

Support Officer (Emergency)

Building 39, Room 244

Zachary is responsible for:

  • Fire safety
  • First aid
  • Emergency capability
  • Auditing and inspections