Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Women) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the senator for her question. The first thing I would say is that I believe everybody in this place, regardless of what political party they come from and regardless of whether they are members of unions or not, believes that safety in workplaces is absolutely paramount. In relation to the senator's question, I understand—and I have the figures for the last three years—that fatalities in the building and construction sector over the past three years were: 2013, 22; 2014, 31; and 2015, 25. And, Senator, I am sure you will agree with me that one death in the workplace is one too many.