Steve Hutchins (NSW, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I, and also on behalf of Senators Faulkner, George Campbell, Stephens and Foreshaw, move:

That the Senate notes:

(a)   the 75th anniversary of the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge;

(b)   the efforts of the estimated 4 000-strong unionised workforce which contributed to the construction of the bridge over a period of 10 years from 1922 to 1932, whose legacy is now an icon around the world;

(c)   the significant role unions played in securing fair wages and working conditions for bridge workers; and

(d)   the 16 workers who lost their lives during construction of the bridge, Sydney Edward Addison, Francis Chilvers, Alfred Edmunds, Percy Poole, James Campbell, Robert Craig, Alexander Faulkner, Thomas McKeown, August Peterson, Nathanial Swandells, Henry Waters, Henry Webb, William Woods, Frederick Gillon, Robert Graham and Edward Shirley.

Question agreed to.