Tony Morris Email & Phone Number

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

I am a partner in Ashurst Consulting, Risk Advisory with over 24 years experience in reputational risk including advising on the future of work, engaging the workforce, and reskilling agile working models Leading our national health, safety and wellbeing team, we provide end-to-end consulting and advisory services, ranging from major work health and safety (WHS) system improvement and redesign to premium transformation projects with solutions that include WHS technology, analytics… Show more I am a partner in Ashurst Consulting, Risk Advisory with over 24 years experience in reputational risk including advising on the future of work, engaging the workforce, and reskilling agile working models Leading our national health, safety and wellbeing team, we provide end-to-end consulting and advisory services, ranging from major work health and safety (WHS) system improvement and redesign to premium transformation projects with solutions that include WHS technology, analytics, systems, investigations, assessments and training through to safety leadership, culture, cognitive health and wellbeing programmes. Show less

Sydney Nsw, Australia

Prior to Ashurst, I was a Risk Advisory Partner leading a national team covering subject matter expertise in reputational risk and business resilience including work health and safety (WHS), crisis, sustainability, risk culture, and safety leadership culture and wellbeing. I worked closely with Boards and executives advising and coaching on proactively managing WHS and exercising due diligence. I continued to maintain an active leadership role in WHS with my national team providing WHS… Show more Prior to Ashurst, I was a Risk Advisory Partner leading a national team covering subject matter expertise in reputational risk and business resilience including work health and safety (WHS), crisis, sustainability, risk culture, and safety leadership culture and wellbeing. I worked closely with Boards and executives advising and coaching on proactively managing WHS and exercising due diligence. I continued to maintain an active leadership role in WHS with my national team providing WHS system imporvement and redesign to premium transformation WHS projects with solutions that included WHS systems, investigations, assessments and training through to safety leadership, culture and wellness programs.One of the different and innnovative services I brought to Deloitte from my business The Brief Group was the WHS Mock Courts, a high-impact cultural jolt learning experience exploring scenarios with boards and executives to demonstrate the importance of exercising due diligence, measuring and maintaining the organisation's systems and understanding how to comply with the WHS legislation.Prior to joining Deloitte I co-founded and directed The Brief Group (2000 - 2013), a WHS consultancy blending both legal and practical experience, focused on safety compliance and the design of management systems and processes, along with training aimed at building and maintain good businesses.Prior to The Brief Group, I was employed as a WorkCover prosecution lawyer for WorkCover NSW, Police Prosecutor and Detective in the NSW Police Force. Show less

Prior to merging with Deloitte, I was director, co-founder and owner of The Brief Group, Australia’s only work health and safety consultancy to blend both legal and practical experience. The Brief Group was established in 2000 by me and another former WorkCover prosecution lawyer to assist organisations meet their work health and safety obligations. Focusing on our core practice philosophies of simplicity, practicality and credibility, The Brief Group had established itself throughout… Show more Prior to merging with Deloitte, I was director, co-founder and owner of The Brief Group, Australia’s only work health and safety consultancy to blend both legal and practical experience. The Brief Group was established in 2000 by me and another former WorkCover prosecution lawyer to assist organisations meet their work health and safety obligations. Focusing on our core practice philosophies of simplicity, practicality and credibility, The Brief Group had established itself throughout Australia as a leading authority in optimising organisation’s health and safety management.I was responsible for directing the organisations WHS consulting, investigation and training divisions with a team of technically strong, service focused safety professionals who offered our clients the most complete and legislatively compliant solutions through the tailored design of WHS and risk management systems.The following quote best describes the motivation for the creation of The Brief Group (and one which continues to this day as a Partner at Deloitte):“As WorkCover lawyers we become increasingly frustrated with our only involvement being the prosecution of organisations following an incident. The opportunity to get in first and provide meaningful assistance before death, serious injury or prosecution was a key motivating factor for us establishing The Brief Group. We were tired of seeing organisations and its officers consistently prosecuted for the same reasons.” Show less

I was a Senior Litigation Lawyer for WorkCover NSW representing the Inspectorate at the Industrial Relations Commission of NSW and the Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court as an legal advocate responsible for the carriage of prosecutions against organisations, their officers, managers and workers for breaching the safety legislation. In addition to the preparation and conduct of OHS criminal proceedings, my role included the provision of OHS legal advice, training, operational policy… Show more I was a Senior Litigation Lawyer for WorkCover NSW representing the Inspectorate at the Industrial Relations Commission of NSW and the Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court as an legal advocate responsible for the carriage of prosecutions against organisations, their officers, managers and workers for breaching the safety legislation. In addition to the preparation and conduct of OHS criminal proceedings, my role included the provision of OHS legal advice, training, operational policy and procedure design for the lawful conduct of criminal investigations relevant to the OHS Act and Regulation. Show less

South West Region

I was a NSW Police Prosecutor representing the Police case before the NSW Magistrate's Court in criminal matters including fraud, assaults, drug supply and possession, stealing, sexual assault and many other criminal offences. I was also engaged to train Police in their powers of arrest, Crimes Act offences, investigation of criminal matters and rules of evidence.

Randwick And Mascot Police Stations

Having completed the NSW Police Investigators and then Detective courses over a 3 year period, I was a Detective in Sydney. Responsible for the investigation, arrest, preparation and presentation of criminal briefs of evidence before the Supreme, District and Local Courts of NSW for offences including murder, sexual assualt, fraud, stealing, drug supply, assaults, malicous wounding and other criminal offences.

Fairfield, Cabramatta And Mascot Police Stations

In addition to general duty uniformed duties at Fairfield, Cabramatta and Mascot Police Stations, I was engaged in duties with the Police Airwing helicopter observor duties, anti theft squad operations and engagements on Detective operations.