❓ Mr. Love questions the Premier regarding delays in implementing a housing industry safety standard, alleging ministerial failure and increased risk to workers. The Premier's response is evasive, failing to address the specific concerns and instead praising the general work ethic of his ministers.
AnsweredQoN 633Legislative Assembly
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HOUSING — INDUSTRY SAFETY STANDARD
633. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Premier:
I refer to concerning revelations
that despite having three years to prepare it, your minister has approved yet
another delay in implementing a crucial safety standard for tradespeople in the
housing industry, a delay that has been opposed by the Work Health and Safety
Commission and criticised by unions for putting workers at greater risk. With three years to prepare it, how can the
Premier justify his minister's failure to ensure that the industry was
ready to roll out these vital safety improvements?
633. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Premier:
I refer to concerning revelations
that despite having three years to prepare it, your minister has approved yet
another delay in implementing a crucial safety standard for tradespeople in the
housing industry, a delay that has been opposed by the Work Health and Safety
Commission and criticised by unions for putting workers at greater risk. With three years to prepare it, how can the
Premier justify his minister's failure to ensure that the industry was
ready to roll out these vital safety improvements?
AnswerView source ↗
I do not know which minister the
member is referring to or which measure or policy the member is referring to.
All my ministers have a responsibility to act in the interests of the people of
Western Australia. It is important that they all work with their stakeholders,
particularly those ministers who have industry-facing portfolios, whether it is
the Minister for Mines, who does a great job working with the mining industry
to ensure that it continues to be the powerhouse of our economy, whether it is
the Minister for Agriculture and Food, who has a widely dispersed and devolved industry base in the farming
community of Western Australia—she works with them tirelessly all the time—or whether it is the Minister
for Energy, who works with our private energy providers and our large
government trading enterprises, they all do the best they can to make
sure that they work in the interests of Western Australia.
That is the way we do it here. We
work hard; we work together and we work in the interests of Western Australia.
member is referring to or which measure or policy the member is referring to.
All my ministers have a responsibility to act in the interests of the people of
Western Australia. It is important that they all work with their stakeholders,
particularly those ministers who have industry-facing portfolios, whether it is
the Minister for Mines, who does a great job working with the mining industry
to ensure that it continues to be the powerhouse of our economy, whether it is
the Minister for Agriculture and Food, who has a widely dispersed and devolved industry base in the farming
community of Western Australia—she works with them tirelessly all the time—or whether it is the Minister
for Energy, who works with our private energy providers and our large
government trading enterprises, they all do the best they can to make
sure that they work in the interests of Western Australia.
That is the way we do it here. We
work hard; we work together and we work in the interests of Western Australia.
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