17/12/2025
🎄⚠️CHRISTMAS SAFETY NOTICE 2025
🥳CHRISTMAS IS COMING!🥳
Please take care of yourself, your work, your money, and your behaviour.
1. Money / Work
• Ask your employer: Which days will the workplace close?
• Know which days you will not be paid.
• Make sure you have enough money for the Christmas break.
• If you don’t have enough savings, ask your employer if they can give an advance payment.
• Think of your family at home: save money for school fees and New Year needs.
2. TRAVEL & MOVING AROUND
• If you travel home or around Australia/NZ, tell your employer and a friend.
• Do not move around alone but stay with people you trust.
• Follow all workplace rules and the laws of Australia and New Zealand.
3. POSITIVE CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES
• Spend time with your friends, church groups, and your community.
• Drink responsibly.
• Do not drink and drive for serious trouble can happen.
• Call your family at home and check on them.
4. RESPECTFUL BEHAVIOUR
• Do not fight or harm anyone.
• If you want to be close to a woman, she must agree first.
• Do not go near girls under 18 years old.
• Never hit or abuse a woman, this is a serious offence.
• Treat all women and men with respect.
• GBV means hitting someone, threatening them, insulting them, making s*xual comments, asking for s*x, or touching someone when they do not want it.
• It also includes trying to control someone or making them feel scared.
• These behaviours are not allowed at work, in your house, or anywhere in the community.
• Give people their personal space. Always make sure the other person clearly agrees (“consents”) before any close or personal interaction.
5. IF AN EMERGENCY HAPPENS
• Call 000 immediately.
• Ask your Team Leader or a co-worker for help first, then contact your employer.
• Always keep your employer’s phone number with you.
• Call PALM Worker Welfare: 1800 515 131
• You can also call CLO Lynette or CLO Margaret.
IMPORTANT NUMBERS
• CLO Lynette Wessel: 0417 879 829
• CLO Margaret Devete: 0438 944 124
• Worker Welfare Line: 1800 515 131
• DV Connect (Women): 1800 811 811
• MensLine: 1800 600 636
• 1800 RESPECT: 1800 737 732
• Lifeline: 13 11 14
🥳MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR
TO ALL PNG WORKERS🥳
