❓ Hon. Kate Doust asks about the WA government's plans to ensure state-based safety knowledge is retained in Comcare licensee workplaces within the mining industry, given the Commonwealth's Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Legislation Amendment Bill 2014. The Minister assures that WA mining sites remain under WA jurisdiction and inspections will continue.
AnsweredQoN 867Legislative Council
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COMMONWEALTH SAFETY, REHABILITATION AND
COMPENSATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2014 — COMCARE LICENSEES
867. Hon KATE DOUST to the
minister representing the Minister for Mines and Petroleum:
I refer to the commonwealth Safety, Rehabilitation and
Compensation Legislation Amendment Bill 2014 that was read into the Parliament
of Australia on 19 March 2014. What steps will the Western Australian
government take to make sure that state-based specialist safety knowledge, and
health and safety monitoring in the mining industry is retained in workplaces
of Comcare licensees?
COMPENSATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2014 — COMCARE LICENSEES
867. Hon KATE DOUST to the
minister representing the Minister for Mines and Petroleum:
I refer to the commonwealth Safety, Rehabilitation and
Compensation Legislation Amendment Bill 2014 that was read into the Parliament
of Australia on 19 March 2014. What steps will the Western Australian
government take to make sure that state-based specialist safety knowledge, and
health and safety monitoring in the mining industry is retained in workplaces
of Comcare licensees?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the
question.
The Department of Mines and Petroleum advises that Western
Australia has a large and diverse mining industry that is regulated under the
Mines Safety and Inspection Act 1994. Some contractors operating on Western Australian
mine sites are Comcare licensees and fall under the commonwealth jurisdiction,
but the mine sites themselves remain under the jurisdiction of the Mines Safety
and Inspection Act. This being the case, the Western Australian Department of
Mines and Petroleum inspects, and will continue to inspect, the workplaces on
such mine sites. The Western Australian government has actively promoted and
implemented changes in the Department of Mines and Petroleum's
regulatory safety and health expertise in recent years through its reform and
development at resources safety initiative, or RADARS.
question.
The Department of Mines and Petroleum advises that Western
Australia has a large and diverse mining industry that is regulated under the
Mines Safety and Inspection Act 1994. Some contractors operating on Western Australian
mine sites are Comcare licensees and fall under the commonwealth jurisdiction,
but the mine sites themselves remain under the jurisdiction of the Mines Safety
and Inspection Act. This being the case, the Western Australian Department of
Mines and Petroleum inspects, and will continue to inspect, the workplaces on
such mine sites. The Western Australian government has actively promoted and
implemented changes in the Department of Mines and Petroleum's
regulatory safety and health expertise in recent years through its reform and
development at resources safety initiative, or RADARS.
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