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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 358 asked in the Legislative Council on 23 June 2021 by Hon Nick Goiran

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

WORKSAFE WESTERN AUSTRALIA — WORKSAFE INSPECTORS

358. Hon NICK GOIRAN to the Minister for Industrial Relations:

I refer to recommendation 71 of the Standing Committee on Public Administration's thirty-first report entitled Coming home safely: WorkSafe and the workplace culture in Western Australia.

(1) Has the minister inquired into the additional categories of high-risk works that should be notified to the WorkSafe Western Australia Commissioner so as to enable the presence onsite of WorkSafe inspectors?

(2) If yes, when was this undertaken and will the minister table the document that sets out the outcome of that inquiry?

(3) If no to (1) or (2), why not?

Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.

(1)–(3) In line with the government's response to recommendation 71 of the Standing Committee on Public Administration's thirty-first report entitled Coming home safely: WorkSafe and the workplace culture in Western Australia, the government has engaged with the Boland review process through the WorkSafe Western Australia Commissioner. Recommendation 1 of the Boland review sought a review of the model Work Health and Safety Regulations and model codes, including notification provisions. On 20 May 2021, a meeting of the federal, state and territory work health and safety ministers took place, and it was agreed that Safe Work Australia would review notification provisions in the model Work Health and Safety Act 2011. This work is ongoing.