Risk! Engineers Talk Governance
Episodes
The Use of Ignorance in Health & Safety Decisions
19 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis explore the use of ignorance in health a...
Delaying Decisions to Avoid SFAIRP
29 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss Delaying Decisions to avoid SFAI...
New Zealand's Health & Safety Amendment Bill — Leading the Way
22 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss New Zealand's Health and Safety at Work Amendment Bill and exp...
Resilient Infrastructure, Risk & Adaptation Strategies
15 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss Resilient Infrastructure, Risk &...
To Grok or Not? Using AI for Risk Management & Governance Decisions
08 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis how AI in Risk Management?Richard begins...
SFAIRP: Moral Imperative vs Commercial Reality
01 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss this season’s theme of SFAIRP:...
Season 6 Wrap: SFAIRP Complexities
14 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis wrap up Season 6 and the theme of SFAIRP...
Two Types of Regulators
07 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss the two types of Regulators.They...
Psychosocial Hazards in the Workplace & the new Victorian Regulations
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss psychosocial hazards in ...
Breaking SFAIRP down to three parts: So Far (SF). As Is (AI). Reasonably Practicable (RP)
23 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis break down the concept of SFAIRP "S...
Formal Safety Assessments
16 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss Formal Safety Assessments. Key ...
Safety Culture (Revisited)
09 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis revisit the topic of Safety Culture.They...
Could vs Should in Workplace Safety
26 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss Could vs Should in Workplace Saf...
Safety & Planning Law Complications
19 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss the complications of Safety Legi...
Safe Work Australia's Best Practice Review of Model WHS Act & Regulations
12 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss Safe Work Australia's revie...
Rail Safety National Law Pressures & the SFAIRP Approach
05 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis answer a listener’s question on the Pr...
SFAIRP Complexity & Pressures for Stakeholders
28 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode of Season 6 of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss the pressures ...
Preventing Criminal Manslaughter ~ Understanding & Implementing SFAIRP (Live Forum Preview)
21 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis preview their upcoming live foru...
Season 5 Wrap on Difficult Conversations & Engineering for Communities
31 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this final episode of Season 5, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis conclude their theme of difficult conversations engineers...
Engineering Due Diligence - The confusion between Risk, Assurance & Diligence
25 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of "Risk! Engineers Talk Governance," due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis revisit the fundamentals of ...
How organisational silos impact due diligence across safety, projects and compliance
18 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis tackle the growing problem of organisati...
Being Relevant, Reasoned & Concise - for your Due Diligence Argument
11 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss why effective due diligence argu...
Target Levels of Risk & Safety - SFAIRP vs ALARP Revisited
04 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis revisit the distinction between SFAIRP ...
Why Standards are not the Solution
13 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineering experts Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss why Standards are not ...
Insurance Criteria: Its history, relevance, and the Highly Protected Risk (HPR) engineering process
06 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of "Risk! Engineers Talk Governance," due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss Insurance Criteria a...
How to Prevent Catastrophic Project Blowouts
30 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss: How to prevent catastrophic pro...
Difficult Conversations Engineers need to have about Risk
23 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis this season’s theme of "Difficult...
Risk Management & Negligence - Due Diligence Essentials for Engineers
16 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode of Season 5 of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis provide an overview of...
Season 4 Wrap: Due Diligence as a Governance Process, Dam Safety & the Relevance of Due Diligence
01 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode of Season 4 of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis wrap up the key theme o...
Bush Fire Risk, Due Diligence & Mitigation Controls
24 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss due diligence for bushfires.Rich...
Due Diligence in the Electrical & Power Industry
17 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss due diligence in the electrical ...
Obligations for Engineers under WHS/OHS legislation
10 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss the obligations for engineers un...
Due Diligence in Marine Pilotage
20 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss the application of due diligence...
Due Diligence Essentials for Engineers - R2A's New Booklet
13 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss the new booklet titled "Due...
Laws of Man vs Laws of Nature in the Due Diligence Context
06 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss the differences between the &quo...
Aviation Industry & the Application of the Due Diligence Process
29 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss the application of the due dilig...
AI (Artificial Intelligence), Robots, Controls & Liability
22 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss controls and liability when it comes to AI and robots. OHS/WHS l...
The Judicial Need for Reliable Knowledge and to Demonstrate Causation.
15 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of Season 4 of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss the judicial ne...
Major IT Outage - Criticality & Resilience
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this special Risk! Engineers Talk Governance episode, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss the recent IT outage that a...
Wrap of Season 3 - Criticality & Design and Climate Change Design Options
09 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode of season three of the Risk! Engineers Talk Governance podcast, due diligence engineers Richard Roberson and Gaye Francis discuss...
Town Planning Disasters - The need for consquence planning, not risk planning
02 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Risk! Engineers Talk Governance podcast, due diligence engineers and Co-Directors at R2A Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis, dis...
How Standards stifle innovation
26 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis from R2A discuss how standards stifle in...
Risk Appetite versus Zero Harm & the Confusion at Board levels
19 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast episode, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss the concept of risk appetite versus zero harm and the confu...
Code of Practice & WHS/OHS Confusion
12 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss Code of Practice and WHS/OHS confusion in relation to a ...
Art & Engineering - How being a great artist relates to the engineer's roles
05 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Risk! Engineers Talk Governance podcast, Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss the relationship between art and engineering...
Control & Reasonableness in WHS/OHS Legislation
28 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss control and reasonableness in WHS/PHS legislation. They...
R2A's Due Diligence Process - Why it works
21 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss R2A's preferred approach to...
Design trumps Risk Assessment - Our VCAT Hearing Success (as Expert Witnesses)
14 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss their recent success (as Expert Witnesses) at VCAT (Vict...
Design Analysis not Risk Analysis
07 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the podcast "Risk! Engineers Talk Governance," due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss the topi...
Season 2 Wrap Up: De-engineering of Technical Roles and Engineering Education & Philosophy
28 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode of Season 2 of the Risk! Engineers Talk Governance podcast, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss the...
Nuclear Power Safety - How The Finnish Get It Right Before They Proceed
21 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss nuclear power safety with reference to Finland. Gaye ...
Safety Culture & Women's PPE
14 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss the importance of safety culture for women's person...
Has WHS Legislation & Risk Management Standards stopped people thinking?
07 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss whether the WHS legislation and ...
Safety Integrity Levels (SIL) Allocation and its implications under WHS Legislation
17 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss Safety Integrity Level (SIL) all...
The Journey to WHS Criminalisation | How the Risk Management profession has changed over the last 40 years
10 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss the journey to WHS (Work Health ...
Safety Culture Change Agents | The role of engineers in change & safety
03 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss their work as change agents for ...
Project Due Diligence - Using a Military Intelligence Approach & Critical Success Outcomes
26 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss project governance due diligence...
The Demise of ALARP in Victoria Major Hazards (and the continuing debate on ALARP vs SFAIRP)
19 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss the continuing controversy surrounding ALARP (As Low As ...
Safety in Design
12 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance podcast, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss a recent case they were ...
ISO 31000 The Risk Management Standard - The consequences for WHS/OHS legislation
03 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this final episode of Season 1 of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Gaye Francis & Richard Robinson discuss one of the t...
The Contest of Ideas - Has Australia gone backwards in embracing SFAIRP?
27 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Gaye Francis & Richard Robinson discuss the contest of ideas and if Au...
White Island Volcano Eruption - NZ trial on alleged breach of Workplace Health & Safety laws
20 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Gaye Francis and Richard Robinson discuss the current New Zealand trial on...
Rail Safety National Law - The confusion between it and the WHS Legislation/OHS Act
13 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Gaye Francis and Richard Robinson discuss the Rail National Safety law and...
What do you mean by the term Risk? The language of (and confusion around) Risk.
06 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Gaye Francis and Richard Robinson discuss the language of risk, why confus...
Land Use Planning & Major Hazards
30 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Gaye Francis and Richard Robinson discuss land use planning and major haza...
Regulations & Licence to Trade
23 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Gaye Francis and Richard Robinson discuss regulations and licence to trade...
Role of Standards & Do They Meet Your Legislative Requirements?
16 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Gaye Francis and Richard Robinson discuss the role of Standards, why it&ap...
The Role of Risk Managers in Project Governance. Does your organisation need one?
09 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Gaye Francis and Richard Robinson discuss the role of risk managers and wh...
SFAIRP vs ALARP | Risk! Engineers Talk Governance Podcast
02 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the podcast Risk! Engineers talk Governance, due diligence engineers Gaye Francis and Richard Robinson discuss the difference betwe...
Introducing Risk! Engineers Talk Governance
08 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this special introduction episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, meet your hosts Gaye Francis and Richard Robinson who outline their due dilig...