Friday, 19 August 2011, 1:00 pm Press Release: EPMU
19 August 2011
Good week for miners
EPMU welcomes
announcements made this week that will have a significant
impact on health and safety in the mining industry.
Ged
O’Connell, Assistant National Secretary of the EMPU said
today “it’s been a good week for miners, on the heels of
the Government’s announcement of a revived mines health
and safety inspectorate, we are pleased to hear the Labour
Party policy released today of a comprehensive health and
safety agenda that would re-introduce employee elected
health and safety inspectors.”
“The check inspectors,
reinforced with a strong regulatory framework based on the
mining regulations in Queensland, will create much a safer
work environment for our miners,” said Ged
O’Connell.
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