2015 FIFO FORUM

2015 FIFO FORUM
FIFO Australian Community
of
Excellence
(FACE) serves as an independent network
and repository of knowledge drawn from all corners of
the resources sector in Australia and beyond.
This collaborative community of government
representatives, industry specialists, researchers and
service providers promote enquiries into the affects
and outcomes of Fly-in/Fly-out (FIFO) as well as Drivein/Drive-out (DIDO) and Bus-in/Bus-out (BIBO) rosters
on people’s lives at work and at home on the
individual, familial, community, organisational and
international levels.
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Fly-In Fly Out Australian Center of Excellence (FACE) Network is proud to present our first FIFO
Forum. The Forum brings together speakers from various universities to deliver cutting edge
research from the desktop, as well as speakers from organisations and individuals at the coal face,
presenting the benefits and costs of ‘living the dream’. Please refer to the Forum Program for more
detail.
19th March, 2015
1:00pm Registration
Speakers 1:30pm to 5:30 pm
Curtin Graduate School of Business Function Room
78 Murray Street (Cnr Murray & Pier Sts) PERTH
THE EVENT IS FREE HOWEVER PLACES ARE STRICTLY LIMITED.
PLEASE RSVP TO ENQUIRIES@FACENETWORK.COM.AU BY 10TH MARCH 2015.
PO BOX 838, West Perth
Western Australia 6872
enquiries@facenetwork.com.au
facenetwork.com.au
FIFO FORUM PROGRAM
TIMES
SPEAKER TOPICS
PRESENTER/S
1:00
Networking and Registration
1.30
Welcome
Cath Ashton
FIFO Challenges and Connections
1.45
2.00
2.15
2.30
2.45
Worker turnover for resident, DIDO and FIFO
workers from the QLD Heartbeat Report.
Caring in a Mobile World: the role of new
technologies in ‘distant’ family caregiving.
Health surveillance and chemical risks to
families of FIFO workers.
Mental health of FIFO couples during
pregnancy: Answers from the Peel Child
Health Study.
Risk Factors for FIFO Suicide: Depression,
Hopelessness and Workplace Bullying
3.00
BREAK
3.15
Being Tough and Caring. Can One Man Make
a Difference?
3.25
3.35
3:45
3:55
4.05
5:00 –
5:30
Fit-In or F$%*-Off: The benefits and costs of
blokey-ness.
What to do when your child says they need
you: the challenges of parenting from a
distance.
The FIFO Fall-Out: Issues facing FIFO
Families and Separation
Alphabet soup: Is WWW an alternative to
counselling for CBT, DV & FIFO? Addressing
barriers to domestic violence counselling for
FIFO men.
FACE Network
Dr Roslyn Cameron
Curtin University
Professor Loretta Baldassar
UWA
FROM THE
DESKTOP
Dr Jacques Oosthuizen
Cutting edge
research into
FIFO lifestyles.
ECU
Dawson Cooke
Curtin University
Peta Miller
Murdoch University
Adam Gale
Aussie Man Project
Dr Paul Pulé
MenAlive Australia
Deanne Hislop
TO THE COAL
FACE
My FIFO Family
Tania Hohaia
Benefits and
costs of ‘living
the dream’
Safe Balance
Holly Wells and Zoe Tierney
Communicare
PANEL: “What have we learned about the
impacts of FIFO on workers and their families?”
and “What is being done or needs to be done?”
Moderated by Libby Brook
FACE Network
FIFO Book advance outline
Professor Grant Michelson
Close and Networking
Thursday 19TH March 2015
Curtin Graduate School of Business
78 Murray Street, Perth Western Australia 6000
Cath Ashton