Anne Urquhart (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

At the request of Senators Watt, Green and Chisholm, I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

  (i) in the past 18 months, there have been seven workplace deaths in the mining sector in Queensland,

  (ii) every worker has the right to a safe work environment, and

  (iii) the Queensland Government is taking action on industrial manslaughter laws to cover acts and omissions involving negligence in the mining sector;

(b) offers our condolences to the Australians who have lost loved ones and workmates who should have come home safely from work; and

(c) supports the Queensland Government's action to expand industrial manslaughter laws to protect the safety of workers in the mining sector.