Ladies? These ARE YOUR SUPERPOWERS. The fact that you offer a fresh set of eyes, a different perspective + perhaps the know-how on how things are done elsewhere? You literally can’t buy that stuff off the shelf. Trust your gut, speak up + encourage others to save a life… by listening to their wife. YOU GOT THIS. 💪 #PlantASeedForSafety #savealifelistentoyourwife #WomenInAgriculture #RuralWomen #RuralLife #FarmHer #WomenInAg #FarmSafety #Agriculture #AgricultureLife #WHS #OHS #OSH #MentalHealth #MentalHealthAwareness #Farmer #FarmerLife #AussieFarmers

The man. The myth. The legend. Sponsor (read: rockstar) status aside, this guy is quite seriously one of the humblest, most authentic leaders I think I’ve ever met. And I’m not blowing smoke up the proverbial here, I’ve done my DD. (After all, we did spend several days ‘on tour’ together, thanks to the Syngenta Growth Awards. 🤩) Ordinarily, spending that much time with a ‘Country MD’ would warrant some serious sweaty palm syndrome, but Paul has such a natural way with people that he doesn’t have to work to erode status + authority… he’s just himself… and he’s awesome. Thanks for everything Paul, not in the least for letting Jaelle + I dress you in pink. #PlantASeedForSafety #SaveALifeListenToYourWife #WomenInAgriculture #RuralWomen #RuralLife #FarmHer #WomenInAg #FarmSafety #Agriculture #AgricultureLife #WHS #OHS #OSH #MentalHealth #MentalHealthAwareness #Farmer #FarmerLife #AussieFarmers @syngenta_ausnz @paul.luxton.507

Who said safety was time-consuming?! NOT Lucy! Together with her old man, Lucy’s half the brains-trust behind Morrissey and Friends – a livestock-handling biz that specialises in maximising productivity through the lens of safety + animal welfare. In partnership with Syngenta Australia, Lucy’s also the runner-up of our #SafetySwagger comp. CONGRATULATIONS LUCY! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Hat tip to Primrose Sturrock for nominating Lucy. 💗 Read Lucy's profile story here 👇

Lucy Morrissey

#PlantASeedForSafety #SaveALifeListenToYourWife @syngenta_ausnz @morrissey_and_friends @primrose_interiors #WomenInAgriculture #RuralWomen #RuralLife #FarmHer #WomenInAg #FarmSafety #Agriculture #AgricultureLife #WHS #OHS #OSH #MentalHealth #MentalHealthAwareness #Farmer #FarmerLife #AussieFarmers

BURGER, BABY OR POO: …yep – you’re right – it’s number TWO! 👶🏼 Another little man joining us earthside in Jan/Feb ’24. 💙 #PlantASeedForSafety #SaveALifeListenToYourWife #WomenInAgriculture #RuralWomen #RuralLife #FarmHer #WomenInAg #FarmSafety #Agriculture #AgricultureLife #WHS #OHS #OSH #MentalHealth #MentalHealthAwareness #Farmer #FarmerLife #AussieFarmers #Motherhood #Parenthood #MumOfBoys

#NationalAgDay usually elicits an onslaught of imagery of the green leaf variety 🌱 …and with so many moving parts? I get it – it’s a marketing team’s worst nightmare. And yet if we continue to be reduced to the sum of our moving parts: Our people will continue to break under the crippling pressure for more productivity, more viability + more sustainability… …with less people, less infrastructure and less certainty. This National Ag Day? I’m planting a seed for safety, and for sustainable people + communities too. GROW YOU GOOD THING, GROW! #PlantASeedForSafety #SaveALifeListenToYourWife #AgDayAU #NationalAgDay #WomenInAgriculture #RuralWomen #RuralLife #FarmHer #WomenInAg #FarmSafety #Agriculture #AgricultureLife #WHS #OHS #OSH #MentalHealth #MentalHealthAwareness #Farmer #FarmerLife #AussieFarmers

REPEAT AFTER ME: No-one likes the big stick. No-one likes the big stick. No-one likes the big stick… …and nobody puts baby (or a Bloody Big Buck*!) in a corner. And yet when it comes to health + safety? She’s ALL stick and bugger-all carrot. When in reality? 99.999999% of the time people. don’t. get. hurt. 💥 SHOCK! AWE! SURPRISE! 💥 And while there’s always room for improvement, despite what we’ve been led to believe, we do so, SO much well… no cotton wool required. So let’s say sayonara to the stick + turn up the volume on what’s working WELL… …and start a convo that inspires change, rather than trying to beat people into submission. 💪🏼 *No animals were harmed in the making of this post! 📸 Hillgrange Station, SA. #PlantASeedForSafety #SaveALifeListenToYourWife #WomenInAgriculture #RuralWomen #RuralLife #FarmHer #WomenInAg #FarmSafety #Agriculture #AgricultureLife #WHS #OHS #OSH #MentalHealth #MentalHealthAwareness #Farmer #FarmerLife #AussieFarmers

Got swagger… of the safety kind? Prue Crawford from Victoria Valley’s got it in SPADES, and in partnership with @syngenta_ausnz, has been crowned the worthy winner of our inaugural #SafetySwagger comp. 👏🏼 *Cue emphatic applause* 👏🏼 A STELLAR role model for her two young boys, she’s the bomb-diggity on… 🚙 vehicle + machinery safety 🛢️ chemical safety 🔥 bushfire preparedness ⛑️ first aid 🐏 animal husbandry, and …top of the pops… ⚖️ work/life balance. Prue, WE SALUTE YOU! (#rhyme… LOL) A $500 Coles-Myer voucher, $300 Akubra voucher + #PlantASeedForSafety workshirt are well on their way! Cheers big ears to Elle Moyle for throwing Prue’s hat in the ring. 💗 #PlantASeedForSafety #SaveALifeListenToYourWife #SyngentaAustralia @prue.v.crawford @morrissey_and_friends #WomenInAgriculture #RuralWomen #RuralLife #FarmHer #WomenInAg #FarmSafety #Agriculture #AgricultureLife #WHS #OHS #OSH #MentalHealth #MentalHealthAwareness #Farmer #FarmerLife #AussieFarmers

Does the word ‘safety’ make your skin crawl? Yup, I hear you. The good news? There’s two-fifths-of-five-parts of BUGGER ALL in the 705 pages of law* that says you need documented policies or procedures. Mind = BLOWN. What it does say, is that you need to ‘manage risk to as low as reasonably practicable’…which in English? Means do your very best not to hurt anyone in the context of your business (and yes old man, that includes you – regardless of if you employ anyone, ever, or not). In fact, some years back Safe Work Australia stripped out the need for paperwork to allow businesses the flex to choose how they manage risk. This acknowledged that no two businesses are the same, and that what *might* work for a mining biz probs won’t work for a sheep station (durr). And yup, your intuition was bang on: the romance between safety paperwork + safer outcomes is about as real as a MAFS romance... and paperwork does NOT save lives. So where to from here? 1. Focus on the big stuff. 2. Speak up! 3. Do your best. *Model work health + safety legislation as applied in all states bar VIC, though there’s very little in there either. 🤪 #PlantASeedForSafety #SaveALifeListenToYourWife #WomenInAgriculture #RuralWomen #RuralLife #FarmHer #WomenInAg #FarmSafety #Agriculture #AgricultureLife #WHS #OHS #OSH #MentalHealth #MentalHealthAwareness #Farmer #FarmerLife #AussieFarmers

Today, and every day. 📸 Gen Sawers with family favourite ‘Ginger Lamb’ - one of many drought-affected orphans. Pitcairn Station, SA. #PlantASeedForSafety #SaveALifeListenToYourWife #RuralWomensDay #RuralWomen

🎉Prue Crawford and Lucy Morrissey - Congratulations! #SafetySwagger superheroes 💃 #PlantASeedForSafety #SaveALifeListenToYourWife #SyngentaAustralia #SafeWorkMonth #WomenInAgriculture #RuralWomen #RuralLife Morrissey and Friends Ellie Moyle @elsey_park_farm