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.