Kevin Andrews (Menzies, Liberal Party, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

What happened in Beaconsfield in the past is precisely what can happen in Beaconsfield in the future—namely, that under Tasmanian occupational health and safety legislation, those workers can go to training, conducted jointly by the Minerals Council and the CFMEU, the relevant union. They have been able to do that training in the past; they can continue to do that training in the future. What this shows once again, and what is borne out by the email from the member for Lilley’s office, which acted on the advice—

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