Local independent investigations
Richards Six Investigations investigates serious workplace complaints and safety incidents for employers across northern Tasmania. Rigorous evidence, fair process, and a written report built to withstand scrutiny.
Local independent investigations
When a serious complaint or incident lands, employers need an investigation that stands up. In-house teams are conflicted. Mainland firms mean cost, delay, and no local knowledge.
Richards Six Investigations is a local, independent practice run by a former Tasmania Police investigator with a Diploma of Work Health and Safety. One discipline, applied to two problems: workplace conduct and workplace safety.
Every engagement delivers the same thing: a thorough, impartial investigation and a clear written report. Allegations or facts are put, responses are obtained, evidence is weighed on the balance of probabilities, and findings are stated plainly and tied to the evidence.
Independent investigation of complaints about behaviour at work, including:
Independent investigation of workplace incidents and alleged breaches, including:
Available where they support a matter or a client need:
Not sure which applies, or whether a matter needs an external investigator at all? Ask. A short conversation usually makes it clear.
Independence and fair process are what make findings defensible. Here is how a matter runs.
We agree the allegations or the incident, the terms of reference, and what the report needs to deliver. You know the cost and the timeframe before work begins.
Interviews, document review, and evidence gathering. Allegations are put to the respondent in writing, with a genuine opportunity to respond. Every step is recorded.
A written report setting out the evidence, the process followed, and findings made on the balance of probabilities. Clear enough to act on, thorough enough to withstand challenge.
What stays with you: the decision. I investigate and make findings. The disciplinary or operational outcome is yours. That separation is what keeps the investigation independent, and keeps it defensible if it is later tested.
I'm Andrew, a former Tasmania Police investigator with 18 years of investigative experience, now running an independent investigation practice in northern Tasmania.
Most workplace investigators come from a human resources or legal background and learn the investigative craft second. My background is the reverse. Gathering evidence, conducting fair interviews, weighing what stands up, and writing findings that survive scrutiny is the work I have done for years. A Certificate III in Investigative Services and a Diploma of Work Health and Safety back that experience with formal qualification.
I built Richards Six Investigations because Tasmanian employers deserve a local, independent option: someone close enough to respond quickly and know the ground, and independent enough that the findings mean something.
I have no stake in your outcome. I am engaged to find what happened, not to reach a predetermined answer.
Allegations are put clearly. Everyone involved gets a genuine opportunity to respond. Findings follow the evidence.
Findings are made on the balance of probabilities and tied to the evidence that supports them.
Sensitive information is handled carefully, stored securely, held only as long as needed, and shared only with those entitled to it.
The report is written on the assumption it may later be read by a lawyer, commission, or court.
For serious complaints or incidents that need to be handled properly, without internal conflict.
For matters where external independence is needed because the issue cannot be investigated in-house.
For rigorous, well-documented investigation work that supports legal advice.
For serious incidents where independence and evidentiary rigour matter.
For conduct, integrity, and accountability obligations.
Based in northern Tasmania and available across the region.
No. I investigate and make findings on the balance of probabilities. Decisions about discipline or action stay with you. Keeping those separate is what protects the investigation's independence.
It depends on the number of allegations, witnesses, and documents. I give you an estimated timeframe at the scoping stage and keep you updated. Local presence usually means a faster start than a mainland firm.
Engagements are quoted per matter, either fixed-scope or at a day rate, agreed before work begins. You will not be surprised by the invoice.
Information is handled on a need-to-know basis, stored securely, and retained only as long as necessary. Confidentiality expectations are set with everyone involved at the outset.
Yes. I am engaged to establish facts, not to deliver a preferred result. My professional standing depends on findings that are sound, and a report that reaches a predetermined answer is worthless to you the moment it is challenged.
Northern Tasmania primarily, with the rest of the state by arrangement.
If you have a complaint or incident that may need an independent investigation, or you just want to know whether it does, get in touch for a confidential, no-obligation conversation.
Information you provide is treated confidentially and used only to respond to your enquiry. Do not include sensitive details of a matter here; discuss those securely once in contact.
Privacy
Information provided to Richards Six Investigations is used only to respond to an enquiry, scope an engagement, or conduct an agreed investigation. Sensitive matter details should not be submitted through a public form. They can be discussed through an agreed confidential channel once contact is made.
Investigation material is handled on a need-to-know basis, stored securely, and retained only for as long as required for the matter, professional obligations, or applicable law.
